saraç

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sarac"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• seref

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سراج (sarac, “saddler, saddlemaker”), 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

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