سرخ
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A سرخ (surx) pomegranate.
Persian
Etymology
From earlier سهر (suhr) (cf. سهراب (suhrāb, “literally a person who has red face”)), from Middle Persian (swhr /suhr/, “red”), from Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫘𐫇𐫍𐫡 (swhr /suhr/), from Old Persian 𐎰𐎧𐎼 (θ-x-r /θuxra/, “bright”), from Proto-Iranian *cuxráh from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćukrás. Compare Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra, “bright, resplendent”), Parthian 𐫘𐫇𐫟𐫡 (swxr /suxr/, “red”), Ossetian сырх (syrx, “red”) and Avestan 𐬯𐬎𐬑𐬭𐬀 (suxra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | surx |
| Dari reading? | surx |
| Iranian reading? | sorx |
| Tajik reading? | surx |
Adjective
| Dari | سرخ |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | сурх |
سرخ • (sorx)
Inflection
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Derived terms
See also
Colors, Iranian Persian
| سِفید (sefid) | خَاکِسْتَری (xâkestari), توسی (tusi) | سِیَاه (siyâh), مِشْکی (meški) |
| سُرْخ (sorx), قِرْمِز (ğermez); زِرِشْکی (zereški) | نَارِنْجی (nârenji); قَهْوِه‌ای (ğahve-i), بور (bur) | زَرْد (zard); کِرِم (kerem) |
| سَبْزِ لیمویی (sabz-e limuyi) | سَبْز (sabz) | |
| آبیِ دَرْیَایی (âbi-ye daryâyi); سَبْزِ دودی (sabz-e dudi), فیروزِه‌ای (firuze-i) | لَاجْوَرْدی (lâjvardi) | آبی (âbi), سُرْمِه‌ای (sorme-i) |
| بَنَفْش (banafš); نیلی (nili) | سُرْخَابی (sorxâbi); اَرْغَوَانی (arğavâni) | صورَتی (surati) |
Colors, Dari Persian
| سَفید (safēd) | خَاکِسْتَرِی (xākistarī), فولَادِی (fōlādī) | سِیَاه (siyāh), مُشْکِی (muškī) |
| سُرْخ (surx); قِرْمِزِی (qirmizī) | نَارَنْجِی (nāranjī); نَسْوَارِی (naswārī), بور (bōr), قَهْوَه‌یِی (qahwa-yī) | زَرْد (zard); کِرِیمِی (kirīmī) |
| سَبْزِ لِیمُویِی (sabz-i līmūyī) | سَبْز (sabz) | سَبْزِ آبِی (sabz-i ābī) |
| آبِیِ دَرْیَایِی (ābī-yi daryāyī); سَبْزِ دُودِی (sabz-i dūdī), فیروزَه‌یِی (fērōza-yī) | آسْمَانِی (āsmānī) | آبِی (ābī), آبِیِ تِیرَه (ābī-yi tīra) |
| بِنَفْش (binafš); نِیلِی (nīlī) | سُرْخَابِی (surxābī); اَرْغَوَانِی (arğawānī), بَانْجَانِی (bānjānī) | گُلَابِی (gulābī) |
Southwestern Fars
Adjective
سرخ (sorx)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv) red
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سرخ (surx). Doublet of شکر (śukra, “bright”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sʊɾx/
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Adjective
سرخ • (surx) (Hindi spelling सुर्ख़)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- سرخی (surxī)