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сарай

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See also: сараи and сарај

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic ساراي
Cyrillic сарай
Latin sarai

Etymology

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

Noun

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сарай (sarai)

  1. palace

Declension

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Russian

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Etymology

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Via Turkic, from Persian سرای (sarây).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɐˈraj]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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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

Declension

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Persian سرای (sarây).

Noun

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сарай (saray)

  1. palace

References

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

Tuvan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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сарай (saray)

  1. barn

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Via Turkic, from Persian سرای (sarây).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. shed, storage building

Declension

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Further reading

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