سرافراز

Persian

Alternative forms

سرفراز (sarfarâz)

Etymology

Compound of (sar-) +‎ (farâz)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ɾɑː.fa.ɾɑːz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː.fä.ɾɑːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː.fä.ɾɑːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɔː.fä.ɾɔːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.ɹɒː.fæ.ɹɒːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɔ.fä.ɾɔz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sarāfarāz
Dari reading^?	sarāfarāz
Iranian reading^?	sarâfarâz
Tajik reading^?	sarofaroz


Iranian Persian	سرافراز
Dari	سرافراز
Tajik	сарофароз

Adjective

سرافراز • (sarāfarâz)

proud, triumphant
Synonyms: سَربُلَند (sarboland), مُفتَخِر (moftakher)
exalted, eminent, distinguished
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3986:
  عرضه کن بر من شهادت را که من
  مر ترا دیدم سرافراز زمن
  'arza kun bar man šahādat rā ki man
  mar tarā dīdam sarāfarāz-i zaman
  Offer me the profession of the Faith, for I
  regard you as the exalted one of the time.”

References

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

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