سرافراز

Persian

Alternative forms

• سرفراز (sarfarâz)

Etymology

Compound of سَرـ (sar-) +‎ فَراز (farâz)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ɾaf.ɾɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɑːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɑːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɑːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɔːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.ɹæf.ɹɒːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɔz]

Readings
Classical reading?	sarafrāz
Dari reading?	sarafrāz
Iranian reading?	sarafrâz
Tajik reading?	sarafroz

Dari	سرافراز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сарафроз

Adjective

سرافراز • (sar-afrâz)

1. proud, triumphant

   Synonyms: سَربُلَند (sarboland), مُفتَخِر (moftakher)

2. 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 sarafarāz-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