سپری

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (spwlyk' /⁠spurrīg⁠/, “entire, complete, perfect”), from Proto-Iranian *uc- + *pr̥Hnáh (“full, filled”)[1]. Compare Old Armenian սպառ (spaṙ, “completion”), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.pa.ˈɾiː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰä.ɾíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.pʰä.ɾíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.pʰä.ɾí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.pʰæ.ɹíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.pʰä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	siparī
Dari reading^?	siparī
Iranian reading^?	separi
Tajik reading^?	siparī

Noun

سپری • (separi)

complete, finished

Derived terms

سپری کردن (separi kardan)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*parH¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 295

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[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*parH¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 295