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 (sarwa))

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

Declension

Declension of noun سَرْو (sarw)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	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)
Singulative	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
Paucal (3-10)	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

Descendants

→ Persian: سرو‎ (sarw)
→ 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: сѐлвия (sѐlvija), сѐвлия (sѐvlija)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: сѐлвија, сѐвлија
  Latin: sèlvija, sèvlija
- → Crimean Tatar: servi, selbi

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 (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.29), Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, 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

Persian

سرو – Cupressus sempervirens

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫘𐫡𐫇‎ (srw /sarw/, “cypress”). Probably of much more complicated relation to the Semitic forms at Arabic سَرْو‎ (sarw) than a graspable borrowing from any of them, for both the tree and its name are ubiquitous in Persian lands.

Pronunciation

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

(Dari): IPA^(key): /saɾw/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /sæɾv/
- (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /sæɾv/

(Tajik): IPA^(key): /sarv/

Noun

سرو • (sarv)

cypress

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (slwb' /srū/, “horn, nail”) from Proto-Iranian *ĉr̥Hwáh (“horn”) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hwás.

Pronunciation

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

(Dari): IPA^(key): /sʊɾuː/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /soɾuː/
- (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /soɾuː/

(Tajik): IPA^(key): /surɵː/

Noun

سرو • (sarū‍~sorū)

horn
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