Gender Masculine Usage Persian Mythology, Persian Scripts سروش(Persian) Pronounced Pron. /so.ˈɾuːʃ/(Persian) Meaning & History Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (Sraosha) meaning "obedience". In Zoroastrianism this was the name of a Yazata (a holy being), later equated with the angel Gabriel.