سراسر

Persian

From سر (sar, “head, end”) +‎ ـا (-â-) +‎ سر (sar, “head, end”).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː.sáɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɑː.sáɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.ɾɔː.sáɾ]

سراسر • (sarāsar / sarâsar) (Tajik spelling саросар)

from end to end; throughout; entirely
Synonyms: یکسره (yaksara), سربسر (sarbasar), سرتاسر (sartāsar)

Tajik: саросар (sarosar)
→ Bagheli: सरासर (sarāsar)
→ Bengali: সরাসরি (śoraśori)
→ Bhojpuri:
Devanagari script: सरासर (sarāsar)

Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂩𑂰𑂮𑂩 (sarāsar)
→ Braj: सरासर (sarāsar)
→ Garhwali: सरासर (sarāsar)
→ Middle Hindi: سراسر (srasr /⁠sarāsar⁠/)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: सरासर (sarāsar)
  
  Urdu: سَرَاسَر (sarāsar)
→ Kannauji: सरासर
→ Kumaoni: सरासर
→ Maithili:
Devanagari script: सरासर (sarāsar)

Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒩𑒰𑒮𑒩 (sarāsara)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਸਰਾਸਰ (sarāsar)

Shahmukhi script: سَرَاسَر (sarāsar)

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَرَاسَر (sarāsar).^[1] First attested in c. 1564^[2] as Middle Hindi سراسر (srasr /⁠sarāsar⁠/).

سَرَاسَر • (sarāsar) (Hindi spelling सरासर)^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

totally, completely, entirely, through-and-through
سَرَاسَر جُھوٹھ ― sarāsar jhūṭh ― completely false

More information

^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008), “sarāsar”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 756.
^ “سراسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سراسر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 376
^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “سراسر”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 742
^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “سراسر”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4999
^ “سراسر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.