سرگذشت

Persian

Etymology

From سر (sar) +‎ گذشت (gozašt).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡʊ.zǽʃt̪]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.ɡo.zǽʃt̪]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	sarguzašt
Dari reading?	sarguzašt
Iranian reading?	sargozašt
Tajik reading?	sarguzašt

Noun

سرگذشت • (sargozašt)

1. adventure

   Synonyms: ماجرا (mâjarâ), خوان (xân)

2. narration; relation; story

   Synonyms: حکایت (hekâyat), داستان (dâstân)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 28:

     چون که گل رفت و گلستان درگذشت
     نشنوی ز ان پس ز بلبل سرگذشت

     čōn ki gul raft u gulistān darguzašt
     na-šnawī z-ān pas zi bulbul sarguzašt

     When the rose is gone and the garden faded, thou wilt hear no more the nightingale's story.

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سركذشت (sergüzeşt)
  • Turkish: sergüzeşt
• → Uzbek: sarguzasht
• → Uyghur: سەرگۈزەشت (sergüzesht)