سراي
Arabic
Alternative forms
- سَرَايَة (sarāya)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سرای (sarây) from Middle Persian slʾd (srāy, “hall, house”), from Old Persian *srāda. Compare Old Armenian սրահ (srah, “hall; curtain”), սրահակ (srahak, “curtain”), Judeo-Persian סראה (srāh, “vestibule”), Arabic سُرَادِق (surādiq, “awning, tent, pavilion, canopy”), and Classical Mandaic ࡎࡓࡃࡒࡀ (sradqā, “pavilion, canopy; curtain”), all Iranian borrowings.
Noun
سَرَاي • (sarāy) m (plural سَرَايَات (sarāyāt))
- lodge, courtyard, palace
- Synonyms: بَلَاط (balāṭ), قَصْر (qaṣr), إِيوَان (ʾīwān)
Declension
Declension of noun سَرَاي (sarāy)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَرَاي sarāy | السَّرَاي as-sarāy | سَرَاي sarāy |
| Nominative | سَرَايٌ sarāyun | السَّرَايُ as-sarāyu | سَرَايُ sarāyu |
| Accusative | سَرَايًا sarāyan | السَّرَايَ as-sarāya | سَرَايَ sarāya |
| Genitive | سَرَايٍ sarāyin | السَّرَايِ as-sarāyi | سَرَايِ sarāyi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | سَرَايَيْن sarāyayn | السَّرَايَيْن as-sarāyayn | سَرَايَيْ sarāyay |
| Nominative | سَرَايَانِ sarāyāni | السَّرَايَانِ as-sarāyāni | سَرَايَا sarāyā |
| Accusative | سَرَايَيْنِ sarāyayni | السَّرَايَيْنِ as-sarāyayni | سَرَايَيْ sarāyay |
| Genitive | سَرَايَيْنِ sarāyayni | السَّرَايَيْنِ as-sarāyayni | سَرَايَيْ sarāyay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَرَايَات sarāyāt | السَّرَايَات as-sarāyāt | سَرَايَات sarāyāt |
| Nominative | سَرَايَاتٌ sarāyātun | السَّرَايَاتُ as-sarāyātu | سَرَايَاتُ sarāyātu |
| Accusative | سَرَايَاتٍ sarāyātin | السَّرَايَاتِ as-sarāyāti | سَرَايَاتِ sarāyāti |
| Genitive | سَرَايَاتٍ sarāyātin | السَّرَايَاتِ as-sarāyāti | سَرَايَاتِ sarāyāti |