सराय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sarāy), from Middle Persian slʾd (srāy). Cognate of English sarai.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɾɑːj/, [sɐ.ɾäːj]

Noun

सराय • (sarāy) m (Urdu spelling سرائے)

inn, hotel
Synonyms: होटल (hoṭal), मुसाफ़िरख़ाना (musāfirxānā)
dwelling
neighbourhood
Synonym: मुहल्ला (muhallā)

Declension

Declension of सराय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सराय sarāy	सराय sarāy
oblique	सराय sarāy	सरायों sarāyõ
vocative	सराय sarāy	सरायो sarāyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सराय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

sarāya (Latin script)
𑀲𑀭𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
সরায (Bengali script)
සරාය (Sinhalese script)
သရာယ or သရႃယ (Burmese script)
สราย or สะรายะ (Thai script)
ᩈᩁᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
ສຣາຍ or ສະຣາຍະ or ສະຣາຢະ (Lao script)
សរាយ (Khmer script)
𑄥𑄢𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

सराय (sarāya)

Devanagari script form of sarāya, which is dative singular of सर (sara, “arrow; sound”)

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