صراحی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (sorâhi, “carafe”). By surface analysis, صراح (sürâh, “pure, unmixed”) +‎ ـی (-î, nisba suffix).

Noun

صراحی • (sürâhi) (definite accusative صراحیی (sürâhiyi), plural صراحیلر (sürâhiler))

carafe, decanter, pitcher, a spouted vessel used for serving water, wine, or other beverages

Derived terms

كوچوك صراحی (küçük sürâhi, “small carafe”)
چیچك صراحیسی (çiçek sürâhisi, “flower vase”)

Descendants

Turkish: sürahi
→ Albanian: syrahi
→ Armenian: սիւրահի (siwrahi)

Further reading

Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “صراحی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 204
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sürahi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4385
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “صراحی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 298b
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صراحی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 759
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Fidelia”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 571
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “صراحی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2947
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sürahi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صراحی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1172

Persian

Etymology

From (sorâh) +‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /su.ɾaː.ˈhiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾɑː.ɦíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.ɾɑː.jíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.ɾɔː.jí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.ɹɒː.ɦíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.ɾɔ.ɦí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	surāhī
Dari reading^?	surāhī
Iranian reading^?	sorâhi
Tajik reading^?	surohi

Noun

صراحی • (sorâhi) (plural صراحی‌ها)

wine-flask; carafe
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 26”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[6]:
  زلف‌آشفته و خوی‌کرده و خندان‌لب و مست
  پیرهن‌چاک و غزل‌خوان و صراحی در دست
  zulf-âšufta wu xway-karda wu xandân-lab u mast
  pîrhan-čâk u ġazal-xân u surâhî dar dast
  Tousled-hair and sweating and smiling-lipped and drunk,
  Shirt-torn and singing songs and wine-flask in hand
  (romanization in Classical Persian)