Message: "Re: Suri" - Behind the Name

Re: Suri

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

4/19/2006, 10:43 AM

I'm not sure the Persian derivation is "nonsense". The Complete Book of Muslim and Parsi Names by Maneka Gandhi and Ozair Husain lists Sûrî as a Persian name meaning "beautiful red rose". Perhaps "gul" is the generic word for "rose" in Farsi, and sûrî is the name for a particular variety, or perhaps we just have a case of synonyms in the same language, as with "flower" and "blossom" in English.

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•It is most likely derived from the French "souris" ! nt · Pavlos · 4/19/2006, 1:07 AM

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