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)
    • 1880, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава третья”, in Несмертельный Голован; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Deathless Golovan, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Сара́й был так вели́к, что о́ба отделе́ния — жило́е и ско́тское — бы́ли о́чень просто́рны, но, несмотря́ на всю о них забо́тливость, пло́хо держа́ли тепло́.
      Saráj byl tak velík, što óba otdelénija — žilóje i skótskoje — býli óčenʹ prostórny, no, nesmotrjá na vsju o nix zabótlivostʹ, plóxo deržáli tepló.
      The shed was so big that both parts—for people and for cattle—were very roomy, but, despite all the care taken over it, it held warmth poorly.
  2. uncomfortable, untidy room, pigsty
  3. (Kazakhstan) palace

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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

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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

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