سراسر
Persian
Etymology
From سر (sar, “head, end”) + ـا (-â-) + سر (sar, “head, end”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.ɾaː.ˈsaɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.ɾɑː.sǽɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.ɹɒː.sǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.ɾɔ.sǽɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sarāsar |
| Dari reading? | sarāsar |
| Iranian reading? | sarâsar |
| Tajik reading? | sarosar |
Adjective
سراسر • (sarâsar)
- from end to end; throughout; entirely
- Synonyms: یکسره (yeksare), سربسر (sarbesar), سرتاسر (sartâsar)
Descendants
- → Bagheli: सरासर (sarāsar)
- → Bengali: সরাসরি (śoraśori)
- → Bhojpuri: sarāsar
- Devanagari script: सरासर
- Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂩𑂰𑂮𑂩
- → Braj: सरासर (sarāsar)
- → Garhwali: सरासर (sarāsar)
- → Middle Hindi: سراسر (srasr /sarāsar/)
- → Kannauji: सरासर
- → Kumaoni: सरासर
- → Maithili: sarāsar
- Devanagari script: सरासर
- Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒮𑒩
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرَاسَر (sarāsar).[1] First attested in c. 1564[2] as Middle Hindi سراسر (srasr /sarāsar/).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.ɾɑː.səɾ/
- Hyphenation: سَ‧را‧سَر
- Rhymes: -əɾ
Adverb
سَراسَر • (sarāsar) (Hindi spelling सरासर)[3][4]
- totally, completely, entirely, through-and-through
- سَراسَر جُوٹھ ― sarāsar jūṭh ― completely false
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “sarāsar”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 756.
- ^ “سراسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سراسر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 376
- ^ “سراسر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.