سرافراز

Persian

Alternative forms

سرفراز (sarfarâz)

Etymology

Compound of (sar-) +‎ (farâz)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.ɾaf.ˈɾaːz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɑːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɑːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɔːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.ɹæf.ɹɒːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾäf.ɾɔz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sarafrāz
Dari reading^?	sarafrāz
Iranian reading^?	sarafrâz
Tajik reading^?	sarafroz


Iranian Persian	سرافراز
Dari	سرافراز
Tajik	сарафроз

Adjective

سرافراز • (sar-afrâz)

proud, triumphant
Synonyms: سَربُلَند (sarboland), مُفتَخِر (moftakher)
exalted, eminent, distinguished
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3986:
  عرضه کن بر من شهادت را که من
  مر ترا دیدم سرافراز زمن
  'arza kun bar man šahādat rā ki man
  mar tarā dīdam sarafarāz-i zaman
  Offer me the profession of the Faith, for I
  regard you as the exalted one of the time.”

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سرافراز”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim