سراي

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سَرَايَة (sarāya)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سرای (sarây) from Middle Persian slʾd (srāy, “hall, house”), from Old Persian *srāda. Compare Old Armenian սրահ (srah, “hall; curtain”), սրահակ (srahak, “curtain”), Judeo-Persian סראה (srāh, “vestibule”), Arabic سُرَادِق (surādiq, “awning, tent, pavilion, canopy”), and Classical Mandaic ࡎࡓࡃࡒࡀ (sradqā, “pavilion, canopy; curtain”), all Iranian borrowings.

Noun

سَرَاي • (sarāy) m (plural سَرَايَات (sarāyāt))

1. lodge, courtyard, palace

   Synonyms: بَلَاط (balāṭ), قَصْر (qaṣr), إِيوَان (ʔīwān)

Declension

Declension of noun سَرَاي (sarāy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَاي sarāy	السَّرَاي as-sarāy	سَرَاي sarāy
Nominative	سَرَايٌ sarāyun	السَّرَايُ as-sarāyu	سَرَايُ sarāyu
Accusative	سَرَايًا sarāyan	السَّرَايَ as-sarāya	سَرَايَ sarāya
Genitive	سَرَايٍ sarāyin	السَّرَايِ as-sarāyi	سَرَايِ sarāyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَايَيْن sarāyayn	السَّرَايَيْن as-sarāyayn	سَرَايَيْ sarāyay
Nominative	سَرَايَانِ sarāyāni	السَّرَايَانِ as-sarāyāni	سَرَايَا sarāyā
Accusative	سَرَايَيْنِ sarāyayni	السَّرَايَيْنِ as-sarāyayni	سَرَايَيْ sarāyay
Genitive	سَرَايَيْنِ sarāyayni	السَّرَايَيْنِ as-sarāyayni	سَرَايَيْ sarāyay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَرَايَات sarāyāt	السَّرَايَات as-sarāyāt	سَرَايَات sarāyāt
Nominative	سَرَايَاتٌ sarāyātun	السَّرَايَاتُ as-sarāyātu	سَرَايَاتُ sarāyātu
Accusative	سَرَايَاتٍ sarāyātin	السَّرَايَاتِ as-sarāyāti	سَرَايَاتِ sarāyāti
Genitive	سَرَايَاتٍ sarāyātin	السَّرَايَاتِ as-sarāyāti	سَرَايَاتِ sarāyāti