سرویس

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French service and English service. For Afghan sense of "bus" (clipped from "bus service"), compare Pashto سروېس (sarwes).

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.wéːs], [säɾ.wíːs]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [seɹ.víːs]

Readings
Dari reading?	sarwēs, sarwīs
Iranian reading?	servis

Noun

Regional synonyms of "bus"

Dari	بَس, سرویس
Iranian Persian	اُتوبوس
Tajik	автобус

سرویس • (servis)

1. service:

   Synonym: خدمت (xedmat)

   1. service (for the sake of another person)
   2. (public) service

      سرویس پستی ― servis-e posti ― post service

      سرویس اتوبوس (Iran) ― servis-e otobus ― bus service

   3. (sports) service
2. (Dari) bus
3. set of cutlery
4. short for سرویس بهداشتی (servis-e behdâšti, “toilet, loo, WC”)

Further reading

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