خسروی

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Persian

Etymology

خسرو (xosrow, Khusraw, name of Sasanian kings) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xusrawī
Dari reading? xusrawī
Iranian reading? xosravi, xosravi
Tajik reading? xusravi

Adjective

خسروی (xosravi)

  1. “akin to the Sasanian kings”; (figurative) regal, kingly
    Synonym: خسروانی (xosravâni)
    • c. 1518, Selīm I, Dīvān of Sultan Selīm I:
      شد غلام همتم از جان و دل والی مصر
      تا لوای خسروی بر نه فلک افراختم
      šud ğulam-i himmat-am az jân u dil wâlî-yi misr
      tâ liwâ-yi xusrawî bar nuh falak afrâxtam
      In heart and soul, Egypt’s ruler became the slave of my will
      When I hoisted my Khusraw-like banner the Nine Heavens high.
      (Classical Persian transcription)