Soraya

English

Alternative forms

• Surayya (Classical Persian and Dari)
• Surayyo (Tajik)
• Sorayya

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian ثریا (sorayyâ), from Classical Persian ثریا (surayyā, “brilliant gem; Pleiades”), ultimately from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).

Proper noun

Soraya

1. A female given name from Persian.
   • 1999, J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Penguin, published 2000, →ISBN, page 8:

     Lots of exotics to choose from - Malaysian, Thai, Chinese, you name it. He spends an evening with another Soraya - Soraya has become, it seems, a popular nom de commerce - in a hotel room in Long Street.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /soˈɾaʝa/ [soˈɾa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /soˈɾaʝa/ [soˈɾa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /soˈɾaʃa/ [soˈɾa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /soˈɾaʒa/ [soˈɾa.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: So‧ra‧ya

Proper noun

Soraya f

1. a female given name