Suri (flower)
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Suri is the Persian
adjective
for red
. See Chaharshanbe Suri
(the last Wednesday before the Persian New Year, or noruz). Chaharshanbe Suri literally means Red Wednesday (Chaharshanbe being Wednesday, and Suri being the adjective red). The word, used alone refers, to the red-toned damasc rose, Rosa damascena
. The word is used as a given name.
Suri in Persian
is much more commonly interpreted as a celebration, joyful gathering or festivity. Such interpretation is specially evident in Chaharshanbe Suri
much more so than "red" as suggested. In a remote sense "Suri" may be interpreted as "Red Rose", which still may not be connected to Chaharshanbe Suri
. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes named their daughter Suri.
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
adjective
Adjective
In grammar, an adjective is a 'describing' word; the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified....
for red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
. See Chaharshanbe Suri
Chaharshanbe Suri
The last Wednesday of the Iranian year known as Chahar Shanbeh Soori , the eve of which is marked by special customs and rituals, most notably jumping over fire...
(the last Wednesday before the Persian New Year, or noruz). Chaharshanbe Suri literally means Red Wednesday (Chaharshanbe being Wednesday, and Suri being the adjective red). The word, used alone refers, to the red-toned damasc rose, Rosa damascena
Rosa damascena
Rosa × damascena, more commonly known as the Damask rose , the Damascus rose, or sometimes as the Rose of Castile, is a rose hybrid, derived from Rosa gallica and Rosa moschata...
. The word is used as a given name.
Suri in Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
is much more commonly interpreted as a celebration, joyful gathering or festivity. Such interpretation is specially evident in Chaharshanbe Suri
Chaharshanbe Suri
The last Wednesday of the Iranian year known as Chahar Shanbeh Soori , the eve of which is marked by special customs and rituals, most notably jumping over fire...
much more so than "red" as suggested. In a remote sense "Suri" may be interpreted as "Red Rose", which still may not be connected to Chaharshanbe Suri
Chaharshanbe Suri
The last Wednesday of the Iranian year known as Chahar Shanbeh Soori , the eve of which is marked by special customs and rituals, most notably jumping over fire...
. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes named their daughter Suri.