سروب

Persian

Etymology

PIE word
*ḱléwos

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (sarub), from Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (srauua, “word”), from Proto-Iranian *cráwah (“fame, word”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráwas (“fame”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (“fame”), from the root *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Cognate with Sanskrit श्रवस् (śravas, “fame, honor”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾʊb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾʊb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾʊb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾub̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.ɹob̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾub]

Readings
Classical reading?	saruḇ
Dari reading?	sarub
Iranian reading?	sarob
Tajik reading?	sarub

Noun

سروب • (sarub)

1. (archaic, obsolete) a word

   Synonyms: واژه (vâža), کلمه (kalima)