سروش

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian slwš (/⁠Srōš⁠/), from Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬊𐬱𐬀 (sraoša, Sraosha).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? surōš
Dari reading? surōš
Iranian reading? soruš
Tajik reading? surüš

Proper noun

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سروش (sorôš)

  1. (Islam, poetry) A messenger angel who brings good news from God, an Islamization of the Zoroastrian figure; often considered a Persian name or title of the archangel Gabriel.
  2. (Zoroastrianism, Iranian mythology) Sraosha, yazata of conscience
  3. a male given name, Soroosh

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: süruş
  • Udi: соруш (soruš)
  • Urdu: سروش (saroš)

Urdu

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سروش

Etymology

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From Classical Persian سروش (surōš).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَروش (sarośm (Hindi spelling सरोश)

  1. (Islam) Gabriel, the archangel of revelation.
  2. a heavenly voice which comes from the divine, an unseen voice from Heaven; the voice of an angel.
  3. (by extension) intuition.
  4. (figurative) good news.

Derived terms

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References

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  • سروش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سروش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سروش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • سروش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.