خسروی

Persian

Etymology

(xosrow, “Khusraw”, name of Sasanian kings) +‎ (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xus.ɾa.ˈwiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾä.wíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾä.wíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xus.ɾä.wí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xos.ɹæ.víː], [xos.ɹow.íː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χus.ɾä.ví]

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

Adjective

خسروی • (xosravi)

“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 ġulam-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)