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سراسر

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Persian

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Etymology

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From سر (sar, head, end) +‎ ـا (-â-) +‎ سر (sar, head, end).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sarāsar
Dari reading? sarāsar
Iranian reading? sarâsar
Tajik reading? sarosar

Adjective

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سراسر (sarâsar)

  1. from end to end; throughout; entirely
    Synonyms: یکسره (yeksare), سربسر (sarbesar), سرتاسر (sartâsar)

Descendants

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرَاسَر (sarāsar).[1] First attested in c. 1564[2] as Middle Hindi سراسر (srasr /⁠sarāsar⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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سَراسَر (sarāsar) (Hindi spelling सरासर)[3][4]

  1. totally, completely, entirely, through-and-through
    سَراسَر جُوٹھsarāsar jūṭhcompletely false

References

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