Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian slwtn' (srūdan, to sing, recite, play), from Proto-Iranian *crāwáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćrāwáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlow-éye-ti, causative from *ḱlew- (to hear). Compare Northern Kurdish stirîn (to sing), stran (song).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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