Sarai
See also: sarai
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Persian سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”).
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editSarai
- (historical) Either of two cities which served as the capital of the Golden Horde.
Etymology 2
editFrom Hebrew שרי (Saráy), from the plural form of שר (“master, chief”).
Proper noun
editSarai
- A female given name from Hebrew, most famously borne by Sarah, the wife of Abram and mother of Isaac in the Bible, prior to her name change.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:5:
Translations
editfemale given name
Anagrams
editEwe
editProper noun
editSarai
Spanish
editProper noun
editSarai f
- (biblical) Sarai
- 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 12:5:
- Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.
- And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. (KJV)
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