Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (spwlyk' /⁠spurrīg⁠/, entire, complete, perfect), from Proto-Iranian *uc- + *pr̥Hnáh (full, filled)[1]. Compare Old Armenian սպառ (spaṙ, completion), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

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Readings
Classical reading? siparī
Dari reading? siparī
Iranian reading? separi
Tajik reading? siparī

Noun edit

سپری (separi)

  1. complete, finished

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*parH1”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 295