سرافراز

Persian

Alternative forms

• سرفراز (sarfarâz)

Etymology

Compound of سَرـ (sar-) +‎ فَراز (farâz)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ɾɑː.fa.ɾɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː.fä.ɾɑːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː.fä.ɾɑːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː.fä.ɾɑːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɔː.fä.ɾɔːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.ɹɒː.fæ.ɹɒːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɔ.fä.ɾɔz]

Readings
Classical reading?	sarāfarāz
Dari reading?	sarāfarāz
Iranian reading?	sarâfarâz
Tajik reading?	sarofaroz

Dari	سرافراز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сарофароз

Adjective

سرافراز • (sarāfarâz)

1. proud, triumphant

   Synonyms: سَربُلَند (sarboland), مُفتَخِر (moftakher)

2. exalted, eminent, distinguished
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3986:

     عرضه کن بر من شهادت را که من
     مر ترا دیدم سرافراز زمن

     'arza kun bar man šahādat rā ki man
     mar tarā dīdam sarāfarāz-i zaman

     Offer me the profession of the Faith, for I
     regard you as the exalted one of the time.”

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سرافراز”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim