سرسوں

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀯 (sarisava), from Sanskrit सर्षप (sarṣapa). Cognate with Assamese সবিয়হ (xobih), Bengali সরিষা (śoriśa), Gujarati સરસવ (sarsav), Marathi शिरीस (śirīs), and Punjabi سرھوں / Punjabi ਸਰ੍ਹੋਂ (sarhõ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səɾ.sõː/

Noun

سَرْسوں • (sarsõ) f (Hindi spelling सरसों)

1. mustard

   سَرْسوں کَا تیل ― sarsõ kā tel ― mustard oil

   • (Can we date this quote?), “سکل بن پھول رہی سرسوں”, Amir Khusrow (lyrics):

     آون کہہ گئے عاشق رنگ اور بیت گئے برسوں سکل بن پھول رہی سرسوں

     āvan kah gaye 'āśiq raṅg aur bīt gaye barsõ sakal ban phūl rahī sarsõ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “سرسوں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سرسوں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• John Shakespear (1834) “سرسوں”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سرسوں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.