سرایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرَايَة (sirāya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.ɾɑː.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.ɾɑː.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.ɾɑː.jǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.ɾɑː.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.ɾɔː.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.ɹɒː.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.ɾɔ.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	sirāyat
Dari reading?	sirāyat
Iranian reading?	serâyat
Tajik reading?	siroyat

Noun

سرایت • (serâyat)

1. (epidemiology) transmission, contagion, infection (of a disease)
2. penetration, entry, circulation (in general)
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 132:

     یا رب شب هجران چه بلاست که هرگز
     در وی نکند جز نفس صبح سرایت

     yā rab šab-i hijrān či balā-st ki hargiz
     dar-i way na-kunad juz nafas-i subh sirāyat

     O Lord, what a calamity the night of departure [from the beloved] is! For never
     Does anything penetrate her door except for the breath of dawn [metaphor: morning breeze].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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