Sarai
See also: sarai
English
Etymology 1
From Persian سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Sarai
- (historical) Either of two cities which served as the capital of the Golden Horde.
Etymology 2
From Hebrew שרי (Saráy), from the plural form of שר (“master, chief”).
Proper noun
Sarai
- A female given name from Hebrew, most famously borne by Sarah, the wife of Abram and mother of Isaac in the Bible, prior to her name change.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:5:
Translations
female given name
Anagrams
Ewe
Proper noun
Sarai
- (biblical) Sarai
- Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe La le Eʋegbe me, Mose I 12:5
- Eye Abram kplɔ srɔ̃a Sarai kple tɔgɑ̃yɔvia Lot, eye wotsɔ woƒe kesinɔnuwo katɑ̃ kple amesiwo katɑ̃ wokpɔ le Xaran la, eye woʋu, be woayi Kanaan-nyigba dzi, eye wova Kanaan-nyigba la dzi.
- Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe La le Eʋegbe me, Mose I 12:5
Spanish
Proper noun
Sarai f
- (biblical) Sarai
- 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 12:5
- Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.
- 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 12:5
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