Serail

German

Etymology

17th century, from French sérail, from Italian serraglio, from Ottoman Turkish سرای (seray, saray), from Persian سرای (sarây).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeˈʁaɪ̯/, (dated) /zeˈʁaɪ̯l/

• Audio:

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Noun

Serail m (strong, genitive Serails, plural Serails)

1. seraglio (palace of a Sultan)

Declension

Declension of Serail [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Serail	die	Serails
genitive	eines	des	Serails	der	Serails
dative	einem	dem	Serail	den	Serails
accusative	einen	den	Serail	die	Serails

Related terms

• Karawanserei