صراحی

Persian

Etymology

صراح (sorâh) + ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sʊ.ɾɑː.ɦíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sʊ.ɾɑː.jíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [su.ɾɔː.jí]

Readings
Classical reading? surāhī
Dari reading? surāhī
Iranian reading? sorâhi
Tajik reading? surohī

Noun

صراحی • (sorâhi) (plural صراحی‌ها (sorâhi-hâ))

  1. wine-flask; carafe
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 26”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:
      زلف‌آشفته و خوی‌کرده و خندان‌لب و مست
      پیرهن‌چاک و غزل‌خوان و صراحی در دست
      zulf-âšufta wu xway-karda wu xandân-lab u mast
      pîrhan-čâk u ǧazal-xân u surâhî dar dast
      Tousled-hair and sweating and smiling-lipped and drunk,
      Shirt-torn and singing songs and wine-flask in hand
      (romanization in Classical Persian)
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