ذروه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذُرْوَة (ḏurwa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ðuɾ.wa]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zeɹ.ve], [zoɹ.ve]

Readings
Classical reading?	ḏurwa
Iranian reading?	zerva, zorve

Noun

ذروه • (zorve)

1. (literary) apex, acme
   • 1768, ʿAbdullāh Kurānī, translated by András Barati, Petition by ʿAbdullāh Kurānī to Karīm Khān Zand, published 2023:

     بذروۀ عرض ایستادگان پایه سریر خلافت مصیر بندگان اقدس ارفع اعلی روحی فداه میرساند.

     be zorve-ye arz-e istâdegân-e pâye-ye sarir-e xelâfat-e masir-e bandegân-e aqdas-e arfa'-e a'lâ-ye ruhi fadâh mi-rasânad.

     It is submitted to the high place of petition of those who stand at the foot of the throne of His most holy, lofty and exalted Majesty, at which the Caliphate resides.