seralj
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian serraglio, from Ottoman Turkish سرای (seray, saray, “palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây). When loaned from Turkish to Italian, the word was connected to the pre-existing serraglio (“animal cage”), from Medieval Latin serrāculum. Cognate of French sérail, German Serail.
Noun
seralj c
- (historical) seraglio (Turkish harem)
Declension
| Declension of seralj | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | seralj | seraljen | seraljer | seraljerna |
| Genitive | seraljs | seraljens | seraljers | seraljernas |
References
- seralj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- seralj in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- seralj in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)