Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian slwtn' (srūdan, to sing, recite, play), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥náwti. Compare Northern Kurdish stirîn (to sing), stran (song).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? surūḏan
Dari reading? surūdan
Iranian reading? sorudan
Tajik reading? surudan

Verb edit

سُرودَن (sorudan) (present stem سرای (sorây, sarây))

  1. to sing, chant
  2. to recite
  3. to compose

Conjugation edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “srūdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press