seralj

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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seralj c

  1. (historical) seraglio (Turkish harem)

Declension

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Declension of seralj
nominative genitive
singular indefinite seralj seraljs
definite seraljen seraljens
plural indefinite seraljer seraljers
definite seraljerna seraljernas

References

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