serai

See also: sera'i

English

Etymology

From Persian (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”), with the sense as a seraglio via its use in Ottoman Turkish.

Noun

serai (plural serais)

(In Turkish or Muslim Asian contexts) A palace.
A seraglio.
A caravanserai, an inn.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for serai in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, arise, raise, reais

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sə.ʁe/, /sʁe/

Verb

serai

first-person singular future indicative of être

Anagrams

aires, raies, séria, siéra

Tswana

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪˈra.i/

Noun

serai class 7 (plural dirai)

trap, snare

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