سراج

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic שְׁרָגָא (šerāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܫܪܳܓܳܐ), from Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /⁠širāɣ⁠/).

Noun

سِرَاج • (sirāj) m (plural سُرُج (suruj))

1. lamp, luminary, lantern
2. used as a part of plant-names

Declension

Declension of noun سِرَاج (sirāj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِرَاج sirāj	السِّرَاج as-sirāj	سِرَاج sirāj
Nominative	سِرَاجٌ sirājun	السِّرَاجُ as-sirāju	سِرَاجُ sirāju
Accusative	سِرَاجًا sirājan	السِّرَاجَ as-sirāja	سِرَاجَ sirāja
Genitive	سِرَاجٍ sirājin	السِّرَاجِ as-sirāji	سِرَاجِ sirāji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِرَاجَيْن sirājayn	السِّرَاجَيْن as-sirājayn	سِرَاجَيْ sirājay
Nominative	سِرَاجَانِ sirājāni	السِّرَاجَانِ as-sirājāni	سِرَاجَا sirājā
Accusative	سِرَاجَيْنِ sirājayni	السِّرَاجَيْنِ as-sirājayni	سِرَاجَيْ sirājay
Genitive	سِرَاجَيْنِ sirājayni	السِّرَاجَيْنِ as-sirājayni	سِرَاجَيْ sirājay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُرُج suruj	السُّرُج as-suruj	سُرُج suruj
Nominative	سُرُجٌ surujun	السُّرُجُ as-suruju	سُرُجُ suruju
Accusative	سُرُجًا surujan	السُّرُجَ as-suruja	سُرُجَ suruja
Genitive	سُرُجٍ surujin	السُّرُجِ as-suruji	سُرُجِ suruji

Descendants

• → Bengali: সিরাজ (śiraj)
• → Swahili: siraji

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic סַרָּגָא (sarrāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܣܰܪܳܓܳܐ), from סְרַג (srag, “to bind, to plait”) (in Classical Syriac ܣܪܰܓ).

Noun

سَرَّاج • (sarrāj) m (plural سَرَّاجُون (sarrājūn))

1. saddler

Declension

Declension of noun سَرَّاج (sarrāj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَّاج sarrāj	السَّرَّاج as-sarrāj	سَرَّاج sarrāj
Nominative	سَرَّاجٌ sarrājun	السَّرَّاجُ as-sarrāju	سَرَّاجُ sarrāju
Accusative	سَرَّاجًا sarrājan	السَّرَّاجَ as-sarrāja	سَرَّاجَ sarrāja
Genitive	سَرَّاجٍ sarrājin	السَّرَّاجِ as-sarrāji	سَرَّاجِ sarrāji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَّاجَيْن sarrājayn	السَّرَّاجَيْن as-sarrājayn	سَرَّاجَيْ sarrājay
Nominative	سَرَّاجَانِ sarrājāni	السَّرَّاجَانِ as-sarrājāni	سَرَّاجَا sarrājā
Accusative	سَرَّاجَيْنِ sarrājayni	السَّرَّاجَيْنِ as-sarrājayni	سَرَّاجَيْ sarrājay
Genitive	سَرَّاجَيْنِ sarrājayni	السَّرَّاجَيْنِ as-sarrājayni	سَرَّاجَيْ sarrājay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَّاجِين sarrājīn	السَّرَّاجِين as-sarrājīn	سَرَّاجِي sarrājī
Nominative	سَرَّاجُونَ sarrājūna	السَّرَّاجُونَ as-sarrājūna	سَرَّاجُو sarrājū
Accusative	سَرَّاجِينَ sarrājīna	السَّرَّاجِينَ as-sarrājīna	سَرَّاجِي sarrājī
Genitive	سَرَّاجِينَ sarrājīna	السَّرَّاجِينَ as-sarrājīna	سَرَّاجِي sarrājī

Coordinate terms

• سَرْج (sarj, “saddle”)
• سِرَاجَة (sirāja, “saddlery”)

Descendants

• ⇒ Albanian: saraç
• → Armenian: սառաջ (saṙaǰ)
• → Azerbaijani: sərrac
• → Georgian: სარაჯი (saraǯi)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سراج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 645
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[2] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 95
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 101
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سراج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 306
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سراج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1344
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سراج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 564

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj, “lamp, lantern”).

Noun

سراج • (sirac) (plural سرج)

1. lamp, especially an oil lamp

   Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa), مصباح (mısbah)

2. wick, candlewick

   Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), فتیل (fitil)

3. light, any source of light

   Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık), چراغ (çirag)

Derived terms

• سراجی (siraci, “pertaining to a lampwick”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sirac

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sirac”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4260
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سراج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[6], Constantinople: Mihran, page 670
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lucerna”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[7], Vienna, column 975
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سراج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[8], Vienna, column 2577
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سراج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[9], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1047