سرو

سرو

See also: شرو‎

Arabic

سَرْو – Cupressus sempervirens

Alternative forms

• سَرْوَل‎ (sarwal)
• شَرْبِين‎ (šarbīn)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫘𐫡𐫇‎ (srw /sarw/, “cypress”). The form شَرْبِين‎ (šarbīn) from Aramaic – Jewish Babylonian Aramaic שׁוּרְבִּינָא‎ (šurbinnā, “Cupressus sempervirens”), Classical Syriac ܫܘܽܪܒܻܝܢܳܐ‎ (šurbinnā), ܫܱܪܘܱܝܢܳܐ‎ (šarwēnā, “Cupressus sempervirens”) –, from Akkadian 𒋗𒌫𒎙 (šu-ur₂-min₃ /šurmēnu/, “cypress”), from Sumerian 𒋗𒌫𒈨 (šu-ur₂-me /šurmen/, “cypress”). Compare Old Armenian սարոյ (saroy, “cypress”) and սարդ (sard, “cedar of Lebanon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sarw/

Noun

سَرْو • (sarw) m (collective, singulative سَرْوَة‎ f (sarwa))

1. cypress (Cupressus gen. et spp., particularly Cupressus sempervirens)

Declension

Declension of noun سَرْو (sarw)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرْو sarw	السَّرْو‎ as-sarw	سَرْو sarw
Nominative	سَرْوٌ sarwun	السَّرْوُ‎ as-sarwu	سَرْوُ sarwu
Accusative	سَرْوًا‎ sarwan	السَّرْوَ‎ as-sarwa	سَرْوَ sarwa
Genitive	سَرْوٍ sarwin	السَّرْوِ‎ as-sarwi	سَرْوِ sarwi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرْوَة‎ sarwa	السَّرْوَة‎ as-sarwa	سَرْوَة‎ sarwat
Nominative	سَرْوَةٌ‎ sarwatun	السَّرْوَةُ‎ as-sarwatu	سَرْوَةُ‎ sarwatu
Accusative	سَرْوَةً‎ sarwatan	السَّرْوَةَ‎ as-sarwata	سَرْوَةَ‎ sarwata
Genitive	سَرْوَةٍ‎ sarwatin	السَّرْوَةِ‎ as-sarwati	سَرْوَةِ‎ sarwati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرْوَتَيْن‎ sarwatayn	السَّرْوَتَيْن‎ as-sarwatayn	سَرْوَتَيْ‎ sarwatay
Nominative	سَرْوَتَانِ‎ sarwatāni	السَّرْوَتَانِ‎ as-sarwatāni	سَرْوَتَا‎ sarwatā
Accusative	سَرْوَتَيْنِ‎ sarwatayni	السَّرْوَتَيْنِ‎ as-sarwatayni	سَرْوَتَيْ‎ sarwatay
Genitive	سَرْوَتَيْنِ‎ sarwatayni	السَّرْوَتَيْنِ‎ as-sarwatayni	سَرْوَتَيْ‎ sarwatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرْوَات‎ sarwāt	السَّرْوَات‎ as-sarwāt	سَرْوَات‎ sarwāt
Nominative	سَرْوَاتٌ‎ sarwātun	السَّرْوَاتُ‎ as-sarwātu	سَرْوَاتُ‎ sarwātu
Accusative	سَرْوَاتٍ‎ sarwātin	السَّرْوَاتِ‎ as-sarwāti	سَرْوَاتِ‎ sarwāti
Genitive	سَرْوَاتٍ‎ sarwātin	السَّرْوَاتِ‎ as-sarwāti	سَرْوَاتِ‎ sarwāti

References

• “šrwyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 807
• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, LCCN 96052434, page 250
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “سرو”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 650
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 387–388
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 26–33
• Hehn, Victor; Schrader, Otto (1911) Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das übrige Europa‎ (in German), 8^th edition, Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, pages 286–294
• Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 314
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سرو”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 568
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 53
• “šurmen (cypress)”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• “šurmēnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 3, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992, pages 349–353

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Persian

سرو – Cupressus sempervirens

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫘𐫡𐫇‎ (srw /sarw/, “cypress”), a Near Eastern Wanderwort. Perhaps from Classical Syriac ܫܱܪܘܱܝܢܳܐ‎ (šarwēnā‎, “cypress”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒋗𒌫𒎙 (šu-ur₂-min₃ /šurmēnu/, “cypress”), from Sumerian 𒋗𒌫𒈨 (šu-ur₂-me /šurmen/, “cypress”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾw/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾw/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /sæɾv/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /saɾv/

Noun

سرو • (sarv)

1. cypress
2. (figuratively, poetic) slim and tall beauty

Derived terms

• سرو کوهی‎ (sarv-e kuhi)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: sərv
• → Tatar: сәрви (särwi), сәрби (särbi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سروی‎ (servi), سلوی‎ (selvi)
  • Turkish: servi, selvi
  • → Albanian: selvi
  • → Armenian: սալվի (salvi), սալբ (salb), սալբի (salbi), սելվի (selvi), սևլի (sewli), սարվի (sarvi) (all dialectal), Սալբի (Salbi) (female given name)
  • → Bulgarian: се́лвия (sélvija), се́влия (sévlija); σέλβεια
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: сѐлвија, сѐвлија

    Latin: sèlvija, sèvlija

  • → Crimean Tatar: servi, selbi

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (slwb' /srū/, “horn, nail”), from Proto-Iranian *cr̥Hwáh (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hwás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-wó-s, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”) +‎ *-wós.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /suɾuː/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sʊɾuː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /soɾuː/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /suɾu/

Noun

سرو • (soru)

1. feeler, antenna

   Synonym: شاخک‎ (šâxak)

2. horn

   Synonym: شاخ‎‎ (šâx)

3. drinking horn