سرکوب

Persian

Etymology

سر (sar, “head”) +‎ کوب (kub, present stem of کوفتن (kuftan, “to pound, to knock”)): "head-pounding".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saɾ.ˈkoːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.kʰóːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.kʰóːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säɾ.kʰóːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säɾ.kʰʊ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.kʰúːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.kʰɵ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	sarkōḇ
Dari reading?	sarkōb
Iranian reading?	sarkub
Tajik reading?	sarküb

Noun

Dari	سرکوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	саркӯб

سرکوب • (sarkub)

1. repression; abuse

   سرکوب سیاسی ― sarkub-e siyâsi ― political repression

2. (archaic) eminence, towering building
3. (obsolete) reproach, reproof, rebuke; stronger than سرزنش (sarzaneš, literally “head-tapping”).
   • early 1300s, Awhadī Marāğa'i, “Ghazal 258”, in دیوان اوحدی‎^[1]:

     از بس که کردم سرزنش دل را به یاد آوردنش
     بیچاره از سرکوب پر حیران و گیج و دنگ شد

     az bas ki kardam sarzaniš dil rā ba yād āwardan-aš
     bēčāra az sarkōb pur hayrān u gēj u dang šud

     So much did I blame my heart that, when it remembered,
     It could not help but become confused and dizzy and astonished from the rebuke.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

• سرکوب کردن (sarkub kardan, “to suppress”)
• سرکوبگر (sarkubgar, “oppressor”)
• سرکوبی (sarkubi, “suppression”)