سروری

Persian

Etymology

From سرور (sarvar, “master”) +‎ ی (-i, nominalizing suffix).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.wä.ɾíː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.væ.ɹíː]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	sarwarī
Dari reading?	sarwarī
Iranian reading?	sarvari
Tajik reading?	sarvarī

Noun

سروری • (sarvari)

1. lordship, sovereignty, leadership, command
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2621:

     نفس همچون زن پی چارهگری
     گاه خاکی گاه جوید سروری

     nafs hamčon zan pay čaragarî
     gâh xâki gâh joyad sarwarî

     Like the wife, the flesh, in order to contrive the means (of gratifying its desires), is at one time seeking humility and at another domination.

References

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