سرنوشت

Persian

Etymology

From (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): [saɾ.na.wiʃt]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.nä.wɪʃt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säɾ.nä.wɪʃt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säɾ.nä.wiʃt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.næ.veʃt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.nä.viʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sarnawišt
Dari reading^?	sarnawišt
Iranian reading^?	sarnavešt
Tajik reading^?	sarnavišt

Noun


Iranian Persian	سرنوشت
Dari	سرنوشت
Tajik	сарнавишт

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.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.