Sarai

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A caravanserai.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Either of two cities which served as the capital of the Golden Horde. historical
  2. 2
    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

    "And Abram tooke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, and they went foorth to goe into the land of Canaan: and into the land of Canaan they came."

Synonyms

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caravanserai

Example

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"And Avram took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and all the people who they had acquired in Haran, and they left to go to the land of Canaan, and they came into the land of Canaan."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”).

Etymology 2

From Persian سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”).

Etymology 3

From Hebrew שרי (Saráy), from the plural form of שר (“master, chief”).

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golden hordeprior to

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