سرای

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• سارای (saray), سرا (sera)

Etymology

From Persian سرای (sarây).

Noun

سرای • (seray, saray)

1. house
2. mansion
3. palace

Derived terms

• سرای بوسنه (Saray-Bosna)

Descendants

• Turkish: saray, Sarai
• → Bulgarian: сара̀й (saràj)
• → English: serai, sarai, Sarai
• → Hungarian: szeráj
• → Serbo-Croatian: sàraj / са̀рај

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Persian

Alternative forms

• سرا (sarâ)

Etymology

From Middle Persian slʾd (srāy, “hall, house”), from Old Persian *srāda. Compare Old Armenian սրահ (srah, “hall; curtain”), սրահակ (srahak, “curtain”), Judeo-Persian סראה (srāh, “vestibule”), Arabic سُرَادِق (surādiq, “awning, tent; pavilion, canopy”), and Classical Mandaic ࡎࡓࡃࡒࡀ (sradqā, “pavilion, canopy; curtain”), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæˈɾɒːj/

Noun

سرای • (sarây) (plural سرای‌ها (sarây-hâ))

1. hall
2. dwelling, house
3. mansion
4. inn
5. palace, grand edifice, king's court, seraglio

Derived terms

• کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây), کاروانسرا (kârvânsarâ)
• صومعه‌سرا (sowme'e-sarâ)
• سراپرده (sarâparde)
• سرایدار (sarâydâr)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: һарай (haray)
• → Arabic: سَرَاي (sarāy), سَرَايَة (sarāya), سَرَايَا (sarāyā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سرای (serây, saray), سارای (saray), سرا (sera)
  • Turkish: saray, Sarai
  • → Bulgarian: сара̀й (saràj)
  • → English: serai, sarai, Sarai
  • → Hungarian: szeráj
  • → Serbo-Croatian: sàraj / са̀рај
• → Kazakh: сарай (sarai)
• → Russian: сара́й (saráj)
  • → Ukrainian: сара́й (saráj)
• → Uyghur: ساراي (saray)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سرای”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Blair, Sheila S.. "Sarāy." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Brill Online, 2013. Reference. 28 November 2013 <http://brillonline.nl/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/saray-SIM_6629>
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “srāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• R. Schmitt, H. W. Bailey, "ARMENIA AND IRAN iv. Iranian influences in Armenian Language", Encyclopædia Iranica, August 12, 2011,
• “srdqˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-11-28
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սրահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 281–282