سرگذشت

Persian

Etymology

From (sar) +‎ (gozašt).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾ.ɡu.ˈzaʃt/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡʊ.zǽʃt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡʊ.zǽʃt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡu.zǽʃt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.ɡo.zǽʃt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡu.zǽʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sarguzašt
Dari reading^?	sarguzašt
Iranian reading^?	sargozašt
Tajik reading^?	sarguzašt

Noun

سرگذشت • (sargozašt)

adventure
Synonyms: ماجرا (mâjarâ), خوان (xân)
narration; relation; story
Synonyms: حکایت (hekâyat), داستان (dâstân)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 28:
  چون که گل رفت و گلستان درگذشت
  نشنوی ز ان پس ز بلبل سرگذشت
  čōn ki gul raft u gulistān darguzašt
  na-šnawī z-ān pas zi bulbul sarguzašt
  When the rose is gone and the garden faded, thou wilt hear no more the nightingale's story.

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: سركذشت (sergüzeşt)
- Turkish: sergüzeşt
→ Uzbek: sarguzasht
→ Uyghur: سەرگۈزەشت (sergüzesht)