سرنوشت

Persian

Etymology

‎ (sar, “head”) +‎ ‎ (nevešt, “something written”, past stem of ‎ (neveštan, “to write”)).

Compare Turkish alın yazısı (“destiny; fate”, literally “writing on forehead”), Old Armenian ճակատագիր (čakatagir, “destiny; fate”, literally “writing on forehead”), Central Kurdish چارەنووس‎ (çarenûs, “destiny; fate”, literally “writing on forehead”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾnawiʃt/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾnawɪʃt/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sæɾnæveʃt/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /saɾnaviʃt/

Noun

Iranian Persian	سرنوشت
Dari	سرنوشت
Tajik	сарнавишт (sarnavišt)

سرنوشت • (sarnevešt)

destiny; fate
Synonyms: تقدیر‎ (taqdir), پیشانی نوشت‎ (pišâni nevešt)
‏‎‎
tâ-konun az sarnevešt-aš âgâhi na-dârand.
They are so far not aware of his fate.