سرور

See also: شرور

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ruːr/

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Noun

سُرُور • (surūr) m

1. verbal noun of سَرَّ (sarra) (form I)
2. joy, pleasure, satisfaction

Declension

Declension of noun سُرُور (surūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُرُور surūr	السُّرُور as-surūr	سُرُور surūr
Nominative	سُرُورٌ surūrun	السُّرُورُ as-surūru	سُرُورُ surūru
Accusative	سُرُورًا surūran	السُّرُورَ as-surūra	سُرُورَ surūra
Genitive	سُرُورٍ surūrin	السُّرُورِ as-surūri	سُرُورِ surūri

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سرور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology 1

From سر (sar, “head”) +‎ ـور (var).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saɾ.ˈwaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.wǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.wǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säɾ.wǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säɾ.wǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.vǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.vǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sarwar
Dari reading?	sarwar
Iranian reading?	sarvar
Tajik reading?	sarvar

Noun

سَروَر • (sarvar) (plural سروران (sarvarân))

1. master (someone who has control over something or someone)

   Synonym: پیشوا (pišvâ)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 75:

     تو سرفراز جهان باش و چاکران تو هم
     که بنده تو بود نیز دایما سرور

     tō sarfarāz-i jahān bāš u čākarān-i tō ham
     ki banda-yi tō buwad nēz dāyiman sarwar

     May You be exalted in the world, and Your servants likewise,
     For Your slave [Selim] is also eternally a master [of empires].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• سروری (sarvari, “lordship”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سُرُور (surūr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [su.ˈɾuːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾúːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾúːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾúːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.ɾúɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.ɹúːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.ɾúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	surūr
Dari reading?	surūr
Iranian reading?	sorur
Tajik reading?	surur

Noun

سُرُور • (sorur) (plural سرورها (sorur-hâ))

1. (archaic) joy, happiness

   Synonym: شادی (šâdi)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English server.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [seɹ.véɹ]

Readings
Iranian reading?	server

Noun

سِروِر • (server) (plural سرورها (server-hâ))

1. (computing) server

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرور (surūr), from Arabic سُرُور (surūr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊ.ɾuːɾ/

Noun

سرور • (surūr, sarūr) m (Hindi spelling सरूर)

1. exhilaration, delight, joy, cheerfulness