سروری‌‌

Persian

Etymology

سرور (sarvar, master) + ی (-i, nominalizing suffix)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säɾ.wä.ɾíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [säɾ.wä.ɾíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [säɾ.wä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading? sarwarī
Dari reading? sarwarī
Iranian reading? sarvari
Tajik reading? sarvarī

Noun

سروری‌‌ • (sarvari)

  1. lordship, sovereignty, leadership, command
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2621:
      نفس همچون زن پی چاره‌‌گری / گاه خاکی گاه جوید سروری‌‌
      nafs hamčon zan pay čaragarî / gâh xâki gâh joyad sarwarî
      Like the wife, the flesh, in order to contrive the means (of gratifying its desires), is at one time seeking humility and at another domination.

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