سره
Mazanderani
Etymology 1
Akin to Middle Persian slʾd (srāy, “hall, house”), and Persian سرای (sarây, “hall, house”).
Noun
سره (sere)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Cognate with Persian سره (sare, “good, pure”).
Noun
سره (sere)
Etymology 3
Related to Persian سربهسر (sar be sar, “to annoy someone, fight”, literally “to clash heads, head to head”). Both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-
Noun
سره (sere, sare)
Pashto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səra/
Postposition
سره • (sara)
Persian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Cognate with Pashto ښه (ẍë, “good”).
Adjective
سره • (sarah, sere)
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian srg (sarag, “silk”) in srgyn (saragēn, “silken”). Compare Arabic سرق (saraq), a Middle Persian borrowing.
Noun
سره • (sare)
- silk (fabric)
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “srgyn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 309