seralj
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian serraglio, from Ottoman Turkish سرای (seray, saray, “palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây). When loaned from Turkish to Italian, the word was connected to the pre-existing serraglio (“animal cage”), from Medieval Latin serrāculum. Cognate of French sérail, German Serail.
Noun edit
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- (historical) seraglio (Turkish harem)
Declension edit
| Declension of seralj | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | seralj | seraljen | seraljer | seraljerna |
| Genitive | seraljs | seraljens | seraljers | seraljernas |