سرا

See also: سزا

Arabic

Adverb

سِرًّا • (sirran)

  1. secretly
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:274:
      الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم بِٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
      allaḏīna yunfiqūna ʔamwālahum bi-l-layli wan-nahāri sirran waʕalāniyatan falahum ʔajruhum ʕinda rabbihim walā ḵawfun ʕalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.ra/

Noun

سرا • (sira?

  1. line, queue

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? sarā
Dari reading? sarā
Iranian reading? sarâ
Tajik reading? saro

Noun

سرا • (sarâ)

  1. alternative form of سرای (sarây)

Etymology 2

Verb

سرا • (sorâ)

  1. alternative form of سرای (sorây)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुरा (surā) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súraH (liquor). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬁 (hurā), Middle Persian [script needed] (hwl /⁠hur⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? surā
Dari reading? surā
Iranian reading? sorâ
Tajik reading? suro

Noun

سرا • (sorā)

  1. (obsolete) wine
Derived terms
  • سراگر

References