सरसब्ज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرسبز (sarsabz). By surface analysis, सर (sar) +‎ सब्ज़ (sabz).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.səbz/, [sɐɾ.sɐbz], /səɾ.səbd͡ʒ/, [sɐɾ.sɐbd͡ʒ]

Adjective

सरसब्ज़ • (sarsabz) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سَرْسَبْز)

1. verdant, green

   Synonym: हरा-भरा (harā-bharā)

2. flourishing, prosperous

   Synonym: समृद्ध (samŕddh)

Derived terms

• सरसब्ज़ी (sarsabzī)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सरसब्ज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4996
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سرسبز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 654
• “सरसब्ज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.