Sara
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- like Sarah, which see
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɹə
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Proper noun[edit]
Sara
- A female given name from Hebrew, an alternative form of Sarah.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Hebrews 11:11:
- 1850 Dinah Craik, Olive, Chapman and Hall, page 151:
- Olive learnt that her young beauty's name, so far from being anything so fine as Maddalena, was plain Sarah — or Sara, as its owner took care to explain. Olive was rather disappointed - but she thought of Coleridge's ladye love; consoled herself, and tried to console the young lady, with repeating
- My pensive Sara! thy soft cheek reclined, &c.
- At which Miss Sara Derwent laughed, and asked who wrote that very pretty poetry?
- Olive learnt that her young beauty's name, so far from being anything so fine as Maddalena, was plain Sarah — or Sara, as its owner took care to explain. Olive was rather disappointed - but she thought of Coleridge's ladye love; consoled herself, and tried to console the young lady, with repeating
- 2008 Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, Harpercollins, →ISBN, page 175
- 'I wish I was called Sara,' she said out loud.
- 'Sarah?' her mother said. 'Why the heck is being called Sarah better than being called Tracy?'
- 'Not Sarah, Sara,' Tracy said. 'There's no h, you say Saaara.'
Translations[edit]
female given name — see Sarah
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Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara
- (biblical) Sarah.
- a female given name, often also spelled Sarah.
Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch sara, from Latin Sara, from Ancient Greek Σᾱ́ρᾱ (Sā́rā), from Hebrew שָׂרָה.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara f
- (biblical) Sarah
- a female given name from Hebrew
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Ewe[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara
- a female given name.
- Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe La le Eʋegbe me, Hebritɔwo 11:11
- Le xɔse me Sara ke hɑ̃ kpɔ ŋusẽ bena, wòfɔ fu, eye wòdzi vi le eƒe nyagɑ̃kuku me; elabena ebu amesi na ŋugbedodoe la nuteƒewɔlae.
- Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe La le Eʋegbe me, Hebritɔwo 11:11
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Modern variant of Saara (“Sarah”), popularized in the 1980s. Sometimes also associated with the Finnish noun sara (“sedge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑrɑ]
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑːrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑːrɑ] (older pronunciation, perceived as Swedish influence)
- Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
- Syllabification: Sa‧ra
Proper noun[edit]
Sara
- a female given name.
- 1927 Anni Swan, Sara ja Sarri, WSOY (1966), page 14:
- Sarri niiasi ja tunsi olonsa kovin kömpelöksi.
- "Ruustinna lähetti terveisiä", hän sai soperretuksi.
- "Kiitän. Mikä on nimesi?"
- "Saara."
- "Kuinka hauskaa! Aivan sama nimi kuin minullakin."
- Vanha rouva kääntyi puhujan puoleen.
- "Sara, sinäkö jalkeilla näin aikaisin? - - -"
- 1982 Eeva Joenpelto, Elämän rouva, rouva Glad, WSOY →ISBN, page 133:
- Ja jos voisitte pyhästä saarnatuolistanne lausua etunimen Sara, ei Saara. Siis Sara Elisa Glad.
- 1995 Jari Tervo, Pyhiesi yhteyteen, WSOY, →ISBN, page 89:
- ―Mulla on sama nimi näyttelijän kans.
- ―Kenen.
- ―Isi sanoo niin.
- ―Mikä nimi se on.
- ―Sara.
- ―Se on hieno nimi.
- ―Sara Suurperkiö, kuusi vuotta.
- 2002 Leena Lehtolainen, Kun luulit unohtaneesi, Tammi, →ISBN, page :
- Sara oli inhonnut sukunimeään lapsesta asti, ja kymmenkunta vuotta sitten hän oli vaihtanut sen Seliniksi, joka oli ollut mummon isänäidin tyttönimi. Samalla hävisi Saarasta toinen a, mutta äiti ja Veikko kutsuivat häntä edelleen Saaraksi.
- 1927 Anni Swan, Sara ja Sarri, WSOY (1966), page 14:
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Sara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sara | Sarat | |
genitive | Saran | Sarojen | |
partitive | Saraa | Saroja | |
illative | Saraan | Saroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sara | Sarat | |
accusative | nom. | Sara | Sarat |
gen. | Saran | ||
genitive | Saran | Sarojen Sarainrare | |
partitive | Saraa | Saroja | |
inessive | Sarassa | Saroissa | |
elative | Sarasta | Saroista | |
illative | Saraan | Saroihin | |
adessive | Saralla | Saroilla | |
ablative | Saralta | Saroilta | |
allative | Saralle | Saroille | |
essive | Sarana | Saroina | |
translative | Saraksi | Saroiksi | |
instructive | — | Saroin | |
abessive | Saratta | Saroitta | |
comitative | — | Saroineen |
Possessive forms of Sara (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Sarani | Saramme |
2nd person | Sarasi | Saranne |
3rd person | Saransa |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Sara f
- (biblical) Sarah
- a female given name, usually spelled Sarah
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara f
- a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah
- (biblical) Sarah (wife of Abraham)
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara
- (biblical) Sarah
- a female given name from Biblical Hebrew; variant form Sarah
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara f
- (biblical) Sarah.
- a female given name from Hebrew.
Declension[edit]
declension of Sara
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Sāra, from Ancient Greek Σᾱ́ρᾱ (Sā́rā), from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (Śārāh).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara f
- (biblical) Sarah (wife of Abraham)
- a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah
Further reading[edit]
Sara on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
Sara
Norwegian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara
- (biblical) Sarah.
- a female given name, recently also spelled Sarah.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara f
- a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah
- (biblical) Sarah (wife of Abraham)
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara m
Slovene[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara ?
- a female given name.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sara f
- (biblical) Sarah
- a female given name
Quotations[edit]
- 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 17:15
- : Dijo también Dios á Abraham: A Sarai tu mujer no la llamarás Sarai, mas Sara será su nombre.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Vulgate Latin Sara, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1464.
Proper noun[edit]
Sara c (genitive Saras)
- (biblical) Sarah.
- a female given name, recently also spelled Sarah.
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 62 008 females with the given name Sara (compared to 6971 named Sarah) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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