سر

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See also: سز, شر, and ـسز

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
س ر ر (s r r)
10 terms

Verb

سَرَّ (sarra) I (non-past يَسُرُّ (yasurru), verbal noun مَسَرَّة (masarra) or سُرُور (surūr) or سُرّ (surr) or سُرَّى (surrā) or تَسِرَّة (tasirra))

  1. to gladden, to make happy, to delight, to cheer, to rejoice
  2. to satisfy
  3. to pass
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Verb

سُرَّ (surra) I (passive-only, first-person singular past سُرِرْتُ (surirtu), non-past يُسَرُّ (yusarru), verbal noun مَسَرَّة (masarra) or سُرُور (surūr) or سُرّ (surr) or سُرَّى (surrā) or تَسِرَّة (tasirra))

  1. to be glad, to be happy, to be delighted, to take pleasure in
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Noun

سَرّ (sarrm

  1. verbal noun of سَرَّ (sarra) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2.1

Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎗 (šr).

Noun

سُرّ (surrm (plural أَسِرَّة (ʔasirra))

  1. verbal noun of سَرَّ (sarra) (form I)
  2. umbilical cord, navel string
Declension

Etymology 2.2

Denominal verb from سُرّ (surr, umbilical cord) and سُرَّة (surra, navel).

Verb

سَرَّ (sarra) I (non-past يَسُرُّ (yasurru), verbal noun سَرّ (sarr))

  1. to cut off the navel string of (someone)
  2. to hurt the navel of (someone)
Conjugation

Etymology 2.3

Denominal verb from سُرَّة (surra, navel).

Verb

سَرَّ (sarra) I (first-person singular past سَرِرْتُ (sarirtu), non-past يَسَرُّ (yasarru), verbal noun سَرّ (sarr))

  1. to complain of pain in the navel
Conjugation

Etymology 3

For the fourth sense, compare Classical Syriac ܐ݇ܪܵܙܵܐ (rāzā, sacrament, literally secret).

Noun

سِرّ (sirrm (plural أَسْرَار (ʔasrār)) (countable and uncountable)

  1. secret, secret thought
  2. heart, inmost
  3. secrecy, mystery
  4. sacrament (Christianity)
  5. underlying reason
Declension
Antonyms
Descendants
  • Hausa: àsīr̃ī
  • Malay: sir
    • Indonesian: sir
  • Classical Persian: سِرّ (sirr)
    • Azerbaijani: sirr
    • Bashkir: сер (ser)
    • Kazakh: сыр (syr)
    • Kyrgyz: сыр (sır)
    • Northern Kurdish: surr
    • Pashto: سر (ser)
    • Tajik: сир (sir)
    • Tatar: сер (ser)
    • Turkmen: syr
    • Ottoman Turkish: سر (sirr, sır)
    • Urdu: سر (ser)
    • Uyghur: سىر (sir)
    • Uzbek: sir
  • Swahili: siri

Etymology 4

Noun

سِرّ (sirrm (plural أَسِرَّة (ʔasirra) or أَسْرَار (ʔasrār) or أَسَارِير (ʔasārīr))

  1. line in the palm
Declension

Etymology 5

From Ottoman Turkish سر (ser), from Persian سر (sar).

Noun

سَر (sarm

  1. (in compounds) head, chief
    سِرْدَار (sirdār)supreme commander; commanding general
    سَرْعَسْكَر (sarʕaskar)Ottoman general
    سِرْيَاوَرَان (siryāwarān)adjutant general
Declension

Etymology 6

Verb

سِرْ (sir) (form I) /sir/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of سَارَ (sāra)

Baluchi

Noun

سر (sar)

  1. (Anatomy) head
  2. top

See also

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

سر (sar) (plural سرݸ)

  1. rabbit

Etymology 2

Noun

سر (sar) (plural سرݸ)

  1. thread

References

  • Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project.

Kalkoti

Noun

سر (sar)

  1. lake

Kohistani Shina

Noun

سر (ser)

  1. top

Laki

Noun

سر (sir)

  1. head

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian سر (sar).

Noun

سر (ser)

  1. head
  2. chief, head, leading
  3. end, summit, tip
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Noun

سر (sirr, sır)

  1. secret, concealed thing
Descendants

References

  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “سر”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 501–502

Persian

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤 (LOYŠE /⁠sar⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *cŕ̥Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-; see there for further information.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sar
Dari reading? sar
Iranian reading? sar
Tajik reading? sar

Noun

Dari سر
Iranian Persian
Tajik сар

سَر (sar) (plural سرها (sar-hâ))

  1. head; (figurative) the head, as the seat of the intellect
    سرم درد میکنه.
    sar-am dard mi-kone.
    My head hurts.
    • 2023, “پاقدم”, performed by علیرضا طلیسچی:
      تو رفتی ولی فکر تو، تو سر من موند
      همیشه نبودت من و قلبمو ترسوند
      to rafti vali fekr-e to tu sar-e man mund
      hamiše nabudet man o qalbamo tarsund
      you left but the thought of you remained in my head / your absence always scared me and my heart
  2. top, top part
    بر سر درخت
    bar sar-e deraxt
    on the treetop
  3. cover, lid, cap
    سر دیگ شیشه‌ای
    sar-e dig-e šiše'i
    glass pot lid
  4. start, beginning, starting point
    باد سر پاییز
    bâd-e sar-e pâyiz
    early autumn wind
  5. tip, extremity, endpoint; often without the ezâfe.
    سرانگشتsarangoštfingertip
    سر تا سرsarsarfrom one end to the other
    • 11th century, Abū Saʿīd Abī-l-Khayr, Rubāʿī attributed to Abū Saʿīd Abī-l-Khayr:
      جانا من و تو نمونهٔ پرگاریم
      سر گرچه دو کرده‌ایم یک تن داریم
      jānā man u tō namūna-yi pargār-ēm
      sar garči du karda'ēm yak tan dārēm
      My love, you and I are akin to a pair of compasses;
      Though we are of two heads/ends, we have one body.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • 1962, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, غرب‌زدگی [Occidentosis: A Plague from the West]:
      این غرب‌زدگی دو سر دارد. یکی غرب و دیگر ما که غرب‌زده‌ایم. ما یعنی گوشه‌ای از شرق. به جای این دو سر، بگذاریم دو قطب. یا دو نهایت.
      in ğarb-zadegi do sar dârad. yeki ğarb va digar mâ ke ğarb-zade-im. mâ ya'ni guše'i az šarq. be jâ-ye in do sar, begozârim do qotb. yâ do nehâyat.
      This Westoxification has two endpoints. One is the West, and the other is we who are Westoxified. We, as in a corner of the East. Instead of these two endpoints, let us say two poles. Or two extremes.
  6. (idiomatic) intention, desire
    آمریکا با ایران سر جنگ دارد.
    âmrikâ bâ irân sar-e jang dârad.
    America wants war with Iran.
  7. (idiomatic) end, conclusion
    به سر آوردن
    be sar âvordan
    to bring to an end
    • 1921, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, فارسی شکر است:
      [] و جیغ و داد و فریادی بلند و قشقره‌ای برپا گردید که آن سرش پیدا نبود.
      va jiğ o dâd o faryâdi boland va qešqere'i barpâ gardid ke ân sar-aš peydâ na-bud.
      and screams, shouts, loud cries, and general pandemonium was set up to which no end could be found.
  8. A classifier for people and animals.
  9. (Sistani) A kind of clay.

Noun

سَر (sar) (plural سران (sarân))

  1. leader, chief, head

Preposition

سر (sar-i) (Dari transliteration)

  1. (chiefly Dari) on top, on
    «کلید من از کجاست» «آن سر میز است» (Dari, formal)
    “kilīd-i man az kujā-st” “ān sar-i mēz ast”
    «کلی مه از کجایه؟» «او سر میزه» (Dari, informal)
    “kilī-yi ma az kuja-ya?” “ū sar-i mēz-a”
    "where are my keys?" "they are on the table"
Usage notes

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: सर (sar)
    Urdu: سر (sar)
  • Ottoman Turkish: سر (ser)
  • ? Pashto: سر (sar)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سِرّ (sirr, secret).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sirr
Dari reading? sirr
Iranian reading? serr
Tajik reading? sirr

Noun

سِرّ (serr) (plural اسرار (asrâr))

  1. secret
    Synonym: راز (râz)
Inflection
    Enclitic-attached forms of سر (serr) (Iranian Persian)
    Basic forms of سر (serr)
singular plural
bare سر
(serr)
سر‌ها
(serr-hấ)
سرا
(serrấ)
definitive direct object سر را
(serr râ)
سر رو
(serro)
سر‌ها را
(serr-hấ râ)
سرا رو
(serrấ ro)
ezâfe سر
(serr-e)
سر‌های
(serr-hấ-ye)
سرای
(serrấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
سری
(serr-i)
سر‌هایی
(serrấn-i, serr-hấ-i)
سرایی
(serrấi)
Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of سر (serr)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
سرم
(serram)
سر‌هایم
(serr-hấyam)
سر‌هام، سرام
(serrấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
سرت
(serrat)

(serret)
سر‌هایت
(serr-hấyat)
سر‌هات، سرات
(serrất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
سرش
(serraš)

(serreš)
سر‌هایش
(serr-hấyaš)
سر‌هاش، سراش
(serrấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
سرمان
(serremân)
سرمون
(serremun)
سر‌هایمان
(serr-hấyemân)
سر‌هامون، سرامون
(serrấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
سرتان
(serretân)
سرتون
(serretun)
سر‌هایتان
(serr-hấyetân)
سر‌هاتون، سراتون
(serrấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
سرشان
(serrešân)
سرشون
(serrešun)
سر‌هایشان
(serr-hấyešân)
سر‌هاشون، سراشون
(serrấšun)
Colloquial.

Etymology 3

A transliteration of the English title Sir.

Noun

سِر (ser)

  1. Sir (the titular prefix given to a knight or baronet)
    سر تیم برنرز لیser tim bernerz liSir Tim Berners-Lee
Usage notes

Used in transliteration only.

Punjabi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-; see there for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

سِر (sirm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿਰ)

  1. head

Saraiki

Etymology

From Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِر (sirm

  1. (anatomy) head

Shina

Pronunciation

Noun

سر (sar)

  1. lake
  2. (rare) ocean

Sindhi

Etymology

From Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras).

Noun

سر (sirum (Devanagari सिरु)

  1. head

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ر ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sirr/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

سرّ (sirrm (plural أسرار (ʔasrār) or سرار (srār))

  1. secret

Southwestern Fars

Adjective

سر (so:r, sōr)

  1. (Kuzarg) red

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर (śara).

Noun

سَر (sarm (Hindi spelling सर)

  1. arrow

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit .

Adjective

سَر (sar) (Hindi spelling सर)

  1. going
  2. moving
  3. proceeding

Noun

سَر (sar? (Hindi spelling सर)

  1. motion
  2. milk
  3. waterfall
  4. salt
  5. cream

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit सरस् (saras).

Noun

سَر (sarm (Hindi spelling सर)

  1. lake
  2. pond
  3. pool
  4. tank

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Classical Persian سر (sar). Cognate with Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras). Doublet of سر (sir, head).

Noun

سَر (sarm (Hindi spelling सर)

  1. head
  2. top
  3. pinnacle
  4. tip
  5. origin
  6. head
  7. chief
  8. intention
  9. aim, goal
  10. end

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिर (śira).

Adverb

سِر (sir) (Hindi spelling सिर)

  1. initially

Noun

سِر (sirm (Hindi spelling सिर)

  1. head
  2. skull
  3. top
  4. summit
  5. crown
  6. pinnacle
  7. beginning
  8. commencement

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Classical Persian سر (sir(r)), from Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Noun

سِر or سِرّ (sir or sirrm (Hindi spelling सिर्र)

  1. secret
  2. mystery

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुर (sura).

Noun

سُر (surm (Hindi spelling सुर)

  1. god
  2. deity
  3. angel
  4. sun

Etymology 8

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वर (svara).

Noun

سُر (surm (Hindi spelling सुर)

  1. sound
  2. voice
  3. tone
  4. tune
  5. harmony
  6. melody
  7. song
  8. air

Etymology 9

Borrowed from Classical Persian سر (sur), from Sanskrit शूल (śūla).

Noun

سُر (surm (Hindi spelling सुर)

  1. swordfish