سر

See also: سز, شر, and ـسز

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
س ر ر (s-r-r)

Compare Hebrew Hebrew אושר.

Verb

سَرَّ • (sarra) I, non-past يَسُرُّ‎ (yasurru)

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

Verb

سُرَّ • (surra) I, non-past يُسَرُّ‎ (yusarru)

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

Noun

سَرّ • (sarr) m

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

سَرَّ • (sarra) I, non-past يَسُرُّ‎ (yasurru)

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

Etymology 3

Denominal verb from سُرَّة (surra, “navel”).

Verb

سَرَّ • (sarra) I, non-past يَسَرُّ‎ (yasarru)

  1. to complain of pain in the navel
Conjugation

Noun

سِرّ • (sirr) m (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
  • → Persian: سر (serr)
    • → 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

Noun

سِرّ • (sirr) m (plural أَسِرَّة (ʔasirra) or أَسْرَار (ʔasrār) or أَسَارِير (ʔasārīr))

  1. line in the palm
Declension

Etymology 5

Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎗 (šr).

Noun

سُرّ • (surr) m (plural أَسِرَّة (ʔasirra))

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

Etymology 6

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

Noun

سَر • (sar) m

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

Verb

سِرْ • (sir) (form I)

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

Baluchi

Noun

سر • (sar)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. top

See also

Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [saɾ]

Noun

سر (sar) (plural سرݸ)

  1. rabbit

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
  • سرعسكر (serʼasker, “commander in chief”)
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

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
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

Dari سر
Iranian Persian
Tajik сар

سَر • (sar) (plural سرها (sar-hâ))

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. the topmost, foremost, or leading part; head
  3. (Sistani) a kind of clay
Inflection
    Enclitic-attached forms of سر (sar) (Iranian Persian)
    Basic forms of سر (sar)
singular plural
bare سر
(sar)
سرها
(sar-hấ)
سرا △
(sarấ)
definitive direct object سر را
(sar râ)
سر رو △
(saro)
سرها را
(sar-hấ râ)
سرا رو △
(sarấ ro)
ezâfe سر
(sar-e)
سرهای
(sar-hấ-ye)
سرای △
(sarấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
سری
(sar-i)
سرهایی
(sarấn-i, sar-hấ-i)
سرایی △
(sarấi)
△ Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of سر (sar)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
سرم
(saram)
سر‌هایم
(sar-hấyam)
سر‌هام، سرام △
(sarấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
سرت
(sarat)
[Term?] △
(saret)
سر‌هایت
(sar-hấyat)
سر‌هات، سرات △
(sarất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
سرش
(saraš)
[Term?] △
(sareš)
سر‌هایش
(sar-hấyaš)
سر‌هاش، سراش △
(sarấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
سرمان
(saremân)
سرمون △
(saremun)
سر‌هایمان
(sar-hấyemân)
سر‌هامون، سرامون △
(sarấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
سرتان
(saretân)
سرتون △
(saretun)
سر‌هایتان
(sar-hấyetân)
سر‌هاتون، سراتون △
(sarấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
سرشان
(sarešân)
سرشون △
(sarešun)
سر‌هایشان
(sar-hấyešân)
سر‌هاشون، سراشون △
(sarấšun)
△ Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of سر (sar)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
سرم
(saram)
سریم
(sarim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
سری
(sari)
سرید
(sarid)
سرین △
(sarin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
سر است
(sar ast)
سره △
(sare)
سرند
(sarand)
سرن △
(saran)
△ Colloquial.

Adverb

سر • (sar)

  1. (chiefly Dari) on top, on
    «کِلِیدِ مَن اَز کُجَاسْت» «آن سَرِ میز اَسْت» (Dari, formal)
    “kilīd-i man az kujāst” “ān sar-i mēz ast”
    «کِلِیِ مَه اَز کُجَیَه؟» «اُو سَرِ میزَه» (Dari, informal)
    “kilī-yi ma az kujaya?” “ū sar-i mēz-a”
    "where are my keys?" "they are on the table"

Noun

سَر • (sar) (plural سران (sarân))

  1. leader, chief
Derived terms
  • سرآغاز (sar-âğâz)
  • سراسر (sarâsar)
  • سراسری (sarâsari)
  • سرباز (sar-bâz)
  • سربداران (Sar-be-dâr-ân)
  • سربلند (sar-boland)
  • سربه‌زیر (sar-be-zir)
  • سربه‌هوا (sar-be-havâ)
  • سرتاسر (sar-tâ-sar)
  • سرتاپا (sar-tâ-pâ)
  • سرتیپ (sar-tip)
  • سرجوخه (sar-juxe)
  • سردر (sar-dar)
  • سردرد (sar-dard)
  • سردفتر (sar-daftar)
  • سرسام (sarsâm)
  • سرسام‌آور (sarsâm-âvar)
  • سرصفحه (sar-safhe)
  • سرلشکر (sar-laškar)
  • سرچشمه (sar-češme)
  • سرگرم (sar-garm)
  • سرگروه (sar-goruh)
  • سرگیجه (sar-gije)
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? sir
Dari reading? sir
Iranian reading? ser
Tajik reading? sir

Noun

سِرّ • (serr) (plural اسرار (asrâr))

  1. secret
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)
[Term?] △
(serret)
سر‌هایت
(serr-hấyat)
سر‌هات، سرات △
(serrất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
سرش
(serraš)
[Term?] △
(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.
Synonyms

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 لی ― ser tim bernerz li ― Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Usage notes

Used in transliteration only.

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪɾ/

Noun

سِر • (sir) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿਰ)

  1. head

Saraiki

Etymology

From Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪɾ/

Noun

سِر (sir) m

  1. (anatomy) head

Shina

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʌr/

Noun

سر (sar)

  1. lake
  2. (rare) ocean

Sindhi

Etymology

From Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras).

Noun

سر • (siru) m (Devanagari सिरु)

  1. head

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ر ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سِرّ (sirr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sirr/, [sɪr]
  • (file)

Noun

سرّ • (sirr) m (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 • (sar) m (Hindi spelling सर)

  1. arrow

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit [Term?].

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 • (sar) m (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 • (sar) m (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 • (sir) m (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 sirr) m (Hindi spelling सिर्र)

  1. secret
  2. mystery

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुर (sura).

Noun

سُر • (sur) m (Hindi spelling सुर)

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

Etymology 8

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वर (svara).

Noun

سُر • (sur) m (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 • (sur) m (Hindi spelling सुर)

  1. swordfish
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