seralj
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Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
seralj c
- (historical) seraglio (Turkish harem)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of seralj | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | seralj | seraljen | seraljer | seraljerna |
| Genitive | seraljs | seraljens | seraljers | seraljernas |