сарай

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See also: сараи and сарај

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ساراي
Cyrillic сарай
Latin sarai

Etymology

From Classical Persian سرای (sarāy), from Middle Persian slʾd (srāy, hall, house).

Noun

сарай (sarai)

  1. palace

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Via Turkic, from Persian سرای (sarây).

Pronunciation

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Noun

сара́й (sarájm inan (genitive сара́я, nominative plural сара́и, genitive plural сара́ев, diminutive сара́йчик)

  1. shed, storage building (small wooden construction)
  2. uncomfortable, untidy room, pigsty
  3. (Kazakhstan) palace

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սարայ (saray)
  • Estonian: sara
  • Ingrian: saraja
  • Ukrainian: сарай (saraj)
  • Votic: sarajõ

Further reading

  • сарай in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Persian سرای (sarây).

Noun

сарай (saray)

  1. palace

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “сарай”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

Tuvan

Etymology

Via Russian сарай (saraj, pigsty), from Persian سرای (sarây, palace).

Pronunciation

Noun

сарай (saray)

  1. barn

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

Via Turkic, from Persian سرای (sarây).

Pronunciation

Noun

сара́й (sarájm inan (genitive сара́я, nominative plural сара́ї, genitive plural сара́їв, diminutive сара́йчик)

  1. shed, storage building

Declension

Further reading