सराय

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

सराय • (sarāy) m (Urdu spelling سرائے)

1. inn, hotel

   Synonyms: होटल (hoṭal), मुसाफ़िरख़ाना (musāfirxānā)

2. dwelling
3. 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 scripts

• 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)

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