saraç

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sarac"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• seref

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (saraç, “saddler, leatherworker”), itself from Arabic سَرَّاج (sarrāj, “saddler”), ultimately from Aramaic סַרָּגָא (sarrāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܣܰܪܳܓܳܐ), from סְרַג (srag, “to bind, to plait”) (in Classical Syriac ܣܪܰܓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɾat͡ʃ/

Noun

saraç m (plural saraçë, definite saraçi, definite plural saraçët)

1. leatherworker, leather craftsman, saddler

   Synonym: lëkurëpunues

Declension

Declension of saraç

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	saraç	saraçë	saraçi	saraçët
accusative			saraçin
dative	saraçi	saraçëve	saraçit	saraçëve
ablative		saraçësh

References

• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “saraç”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 410