Persian Etymology From سر (sar, “head, end”) + ـا (-â-) + سر (sar, “head, end”). Pronunciation (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [sa.ɾɑː.ˈsaɾ] (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.ɾɑː.sǽɾ] (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.ɾɑː.sǽɾ] (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.ɾɑː.sǽɾ] (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.ɾɔː.sǽɾ] (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.ɹɒː.sǽɹ] (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.ɾɔ.sǽɾ] More information Readings, Classical reading? ... Readings Classical reading? sarāsar Dari reading? sarāsar Iranian reading? sarâsar Tajik reading? sarosar Close Adjective سراسر • (sarâsar) from end to end; throughout; entirely Synonyms: یکسره (yeksare), سربسر (sarbesar), سرتاسر (sartâsar) Descendants → Bagheli: सरासर (sarāsar) → Bengali: সরাসরি (śoraśori) → Bhojpuri: sarāsar Devanagari script: सरासर Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂩𑂰𑂮𑂩 → Braj: सरासर (sarāsar) → Garhwali: सरासर (sarāsar) → Middle Hindi: سراسر (srasr /sarāsar/) Hindustani: sarāsar Hindi: सरासर Urdu: سَراسَر → Kannauji: सरासर → Kumaoni: सरासर → Maithili: sarāsar Devanagari script: सरासर Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒮𑒩 Urdu Etymology Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرَاسَر (sarāsar).[1] First attested in c. 1564[2] as Middle Hindi سراسر (srasr /sarāsar/). Pronunciation (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.ɾɑː.səɾ/ Hyphenation: سَ‧را‧سَر Rhymes: -əɾ Adverb سَراسَر • (sarāsar) (Hindi spelling सरासर)[3][4] totally, completely, entirely, through-and-through سَراسَر جُوٹھ ― sarāsar jūṭh ― completely false References More information [1]Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “sarāsar”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 756. [2]“سراسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017. [3]Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سراسر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 376 [4]“سراسر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.