سراج

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic שְׁרָגָא‎ (šerāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܫܪܳܓܳܐ‎), from Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄‎ (*šrʾɣ /širāɣ/).

Noun

سِرَاج • (sirāj) m (plural سُرُج‎ (suruj))

1. lamp, luminary, lantern
2. used as a part of plant-names

Declension

Declension of noun سِرَاج (sirāj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِرَاج sirāj	السِّرَاج‎ as-sirāj	سِرَاج sirāj
Nominative	سِرَاجٌ sirājun	السِّرَاجُ‎ as-sirāju	سِرَاجُ sirāju
Accusative	سِرَاجًا‎ sirājan	السِّرَاجَ‎ as-sirāja	سِرَاجَ sirāja
Genitive	سِرَاجٍ sirājin	السِّرَاجِ‎ as-sirāji	سِرَاجِ sirāji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِرَاجَيْن‎ sirājayn	السِّرَاجَيْن‎ as-sirājayn	سِرَاجَيْ‎ sirājay
Nominative	سِرَاجَانِ‎ sirājāni	السِّرَاجَانِ‎ as-sirājāni	سِرَاجَا‎ sirājā
Accusative	سِرَاجَيْنِ‎ sirājayni	السِّرَاجَيْنِ‎ as-sirājayni	سِرَاجَيْ‎ sirājay
Genitive	سِرَاجَيْنِ‎ sirājayni	السِّرَاجَيْنِ‎ as-sirājayni	سِرَاجَيْ‎ sirājay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُرُج‎ suruj	السُّرُج‎ as-suruj	سُرُج‎ suruj
Nominative	سُرُجٌ‎ surujun	السُّرُجُ‎ as-suruju	سُرُجُ‎ suruju
Accusative	سُرُجًا‎ surujan	السُّرُجَ‎ as-suruja	سُرُجَ‎ suruja
Genitive	سُرُجٍ‎ surujin	السُّرُجِ‎ as-suruji	سُرُجِ‎ suruji

Descendants

• → Bengali: সিরাজ (śiraj)
• → Swahili: siraji

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic סַרָּגָא‎ (sarrāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܣܰܪܳܓܳܐ‎), from סְרַג‎ (srag, “to bind, to plait”) (in Classical Syriac ܣܪܰܓ‎).

Noun

سَرَّاج • (sarrāj) m (plural سَرَّاجُون‎ (sarrājūn))

1. saddler

Declension

Declension of noun سَرَّاج (sarrāj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَّاج sarrāj	السَّرَّاج‎ as-sarrāj	سَرَّاج sarrāj
Nominative	سَرَّاجٌ sarrājun	السَّرَّاجُ‎ as-sarrāju	سَرَّاجُ sarrāju
Accusative	سَرَّاجًا‎ sarrājan	السَّرَّاجَ‎ as-sarrāja	سَرَّاجَ sarrāja
Genitive	سَرَّاجٍ sarrājin	السَّرَّاجِ‎ as-sarrāji	سَرَّاجِ sarrāji
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَّاجَيْن‎ sarrājayn	السَّرَّاجَيْن‎ as-sarrājayn	سَرَّاجَيْ‎ sarrājay
Nominative	سَرَّاجَانِ‎ sarrājāni	السَّرَّاجَانِ‎ as-sarrājāni	سَرَّاجَا‎ sarrājā
Accusative	سَرَّاجَيْنِ‎ sarrājayni	السَّرَّاجَيْنِ‎ as-sarrājayni	سَرَّاجَيْ‎ sarrājay
Genitive	سَرَّاجَيْنِ‎ sarrājayni	السَّرَّاجَيْنِ‎ as-sarrājayni	سَرَّاجَيْ‎ sarrājay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَّاجِين‎ sarrājīn	السَّرَّاجِين‎ as-sarrājīn	سَرَّاجِي‎ sarrājī
Nominative	سَرَّاجُونَ‎ sarrājūna	السَّرَّاجُونَ‎ as-sarrājūna	سَرَّاجُو‎ sarrājū
Accusative	سَرَّاجِينَ‎ sarrājīna	السَّرَّاجِينَ‎ as-sarrājīna	سَرَّاجِي‎ sarrājī
Genitive	سَرَّاجِينَ‎ sarrājīna	السَّرَّاجِينَ‎ as-sarrājīna	سَرَّاجِي‎ sarrājī

Coordinate terms

• سَرْج‎ (sarj, “saddle”)
• سِرَاجَة‎ (sirāja, “saddlery”)

Descendants

• → Armenian: սառաջ (saṙaǰ)
• → Azerbaijani: sərrac
• → Georgian: სარაჯი (saraǯi)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “سراج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 645
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 95
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 101
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “سراج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 306
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “سراج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1344
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سراج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 564

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرَاج‎ (sirāj, “lamp, lantern”).

Noun

سراج • (sirac) (plural سرج‎)

1. lamp, especially an oil lamp

   Synonyms: چراغ‎ (çirag), قندیل‎ (kandil), لامپه‎ (lampa), مصباح‎ (mısbah)

2. wick, candlewick

   Synonyms: چراغ‎ (çirag), فتیل‎ (fitil)

3. light, any source of light

   Synonyms: ایشق‎ (ışık), چراغ‎ (çirag)

Derived terms

• سراجی‎ (siraci, “pertaining to a lampwick”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sirac

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sirac”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4260
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سراج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 670
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Lucerna”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 975
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “سراج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2577
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سراج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1047