سرای
Persian
/sæˈɾɒːj/
noun
Definitions
- hall
- dwelling, house
- mansion
- inn
- palace, grand edifice, king's court, seraglio
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian slʾd (house, hall) inherited from Old Persian *srāda.
Origin
Old Persian
*srāda
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sarai English
- caravanserai English
- lamaserai English
- sarai English
- serai English
- caravansérail French
- караван-сарай Russian
- сара́й Russian
- сарай Russian
- سراي Arabic
- Sarajevo Serbo-Croatian
- saraj Serbo-Croatian
- Сарајево Serbo-Croatian
- сарај Serbo-Croatian
- सराय Hindi
- սարայ Armenian
- սրահ Armenian
- کاروان Persian
- کاروانسرای Persian
- սրահ Old Armenian
- սրահակ Old Armenian
- Bosnasaray Turkish
- Saray-ovası Turkish
- Saraybosna Turkish
- saray Turkish
- сарай Kazakh
- karvansara Azerbaijani
- saray Azerbaijani
- sarayda Azerbaijani
- سرای Ottoman Turkish
- ქარვასლა Georgian
- سرائے Urdu
- slʾd Middle Persian
- სრა Old Georgian
- սարայ Middle Armenian
- *srāda Old Persian
- saray Karakalpak