सरसब्ज़

सरसब्ज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرسبز‎ (sarsabz). Synchronically analysable as सर (sar) +‎ सब्ज़ (sabz).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.səbd͡ʒ/, [s̪əɾ.s̪əbd͡ʒ], /səɾ.səbz/, [s̪əɾ.s̪əbz]

Adjective

सरसब्ज़ • (sarsabz) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling سَرْسَبْز‎)

1. verdant, green

   Synonym: हरा-भरा (harā-bharā)

2. flourishing, prosperous

   Synonym: समृद्ध (samŕddh)

Derived terms

• सरसब्ज़ी (sarsabzī)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) , “सरसब्ज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4996.
• Platts, John T. (1884) , “سرسبز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 654
• “सरसब्ज़”, in Rekhta Urdu Dictionary, Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2021.