خسروی

Persian

Etymology

خسرو (xosrow, “Khusraw”, name of Sasanian kings) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xus.ɾa.ˈwiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾä.wíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾä.wíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾä.wíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xus.ɾä.wí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xos.ɹæ.víː], [xos.ɹow.íː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χus.ɾä.ví]

Readings
Classical reading?	xusrawī
Dari reading?	xusrawī
Iranian reading?	xosravi, xosravi
Tajik reading?	xusravi

Adjective

خسروی • (xosravi)

1. “akin to the Sasanian kings”; (figurative) regal, kingly

   Synonym: خسروانی (xosravâni)

   • c. 1518, Selīm I, Dīvān of Sultan Selīm I:

     شد غلام همتم از جان و دل والی مصر
     تا لوای خسروی بر نه فلک افراختم

     šud ġulam-i himmat-am az jân u dil wâlî-yi misr
     tâ liwâ-yi xusrawî bar nuh falak afrâxtam

     In heart and soul, Egypt’s ruler became the slave of my will
     When I hoisted my Khusraw-like banner the Nine Heavens high.

     (Classical Persian transcription)