sara

sara

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsara/, [ˈsʌɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra

Noun

sára m

  1. plural of saró

Declension

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “saro”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 33

Ainu

Alternative forms

  • (apocopic) sar
  • saraha

Etymology

Possibly cognate to Proto-Japonic *siri, *sari (buttocks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sàꜛɾá/

Noun

sara (Kana spelling サラ)

  1. tail

Derived terms

  • saro (monkey)

Aklanon

Etymology

From Spanish cerrar, compare Cebuano sira.

Verb

sara

  1. to close; to shut

Balinese

Romanization

sara

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬭ
  2. Romanization of ᬲᬵᬭ
  3. Romanization of ᬰᬭ

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sáraà]

Noun

sara

  1. charm (object with magic powers)

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bantayanon

Noun

sara

  1. today; the current day or date

Adverb

sara

  1. today; on the current day or date

Bonan

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sara, compare Mongolian сар (sar) and Dongxiang sara. In the Dahejia subdialect of Gansu Bonan, the final vowel shows a reduction /a/ > /ə/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈra/, /saˈrə/

Noun

sara

  1. (Gansu, Qinghai) moon
    Coordinate term: narang (sun)

References

Further reading

  • Nugteren, Hans (2011) Mongolic phonology and the Qinghai-Gansu languages (dissertation)‎[2], Utrecht: LOT, page 483

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sara more distantly related to Khitan 賽咿児 (sair). Cognate with Mongolian сар (sar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑˈrɑ/

Noun

sara

  1. moon
    Coordinate term: naran (sun)

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian сарай (saraj).

Noun

sara (genitive sara, partitive sara)

  1. shed (small wooden construction)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • sara in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Further reading

  • sara”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Fijian

Adverb

sara

  1. very, exceedingly (after adjectives)
  2. immediately, directly (after verbs)
  3. quite, wholly, entirely

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sara (compare Karelian sara, Ludian sara, Veps šarahin), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *staraz (compare Swedish starr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sa‧ra

Noun

sara

  1. sedge (any plant of the genus Carex)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sàː.ɽáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sàː.ɽáː]

Noun

sā̀rā f (possessed form sā̀rar̃)

  1. habit, practice, way, custom
  2. argot, jargon

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 179.

Hungarian

Etymology

sár (mud) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɒrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra

Noun

sara

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of sár

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit सार (sāra, energy, extract, essence, substance). Doublet of sari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsara]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra

Noun

sara (first-person possessive saraku, second-person possessive saramu, third-person possessive saranya)

  1. life support, sustenance, subsistence
  2. subsistence money.
    Synonym: uang sara

Affixed terms

Compounds

Related terms

Further reading

  • “sara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠaɾˠə/

Conjunction

sara

  1. Alternative form of sula

Japanese

Romanization

sara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さら
  2. Rōmaji transcription of サラ

Javanese

Romanization

sara

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦫ

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Noun

sara

  1. fault; sin

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ra
  • Homophones: sāra, śara
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali sara, saras (lake), from Sanskrit सरस् (saras, pond, lake, water).

Noun

sara

  1. pond
  2. tool to catch fish
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Balinese: ᬲᬭ (sara, water)

Etymology 2

Noun

sara

  1. Alternative spelling of sāra

Etymology 3

Noun

sara

  1. Alternative spelling of sari

Further reading

  • "sara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sara m

  1. arrow
Declension

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sara m

  1. sound
  2. vowel
Declension
Descendants
  • Thai: สระ (sà-rà, vowel)

Etymology 3

Noun

sara m

  1. alternative citation form of saras (lake)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “sara”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: Sara
  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra

Verb

sara

  1. inflection of sarar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Quechua

Noun

sara

  1. dried corn (maize)

Declension

See also

  • chuqllu

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-sara (infinitive gusara, perfective -saze)

  1. be insane, be crazy

Derived terms

  • umusazi

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cerrar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra
  • IPA(key): /saˈɾa/, [sɐˈɾa]

Noun

sará (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ)

  1. closing; closure (of a door, window, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagsasara, pagkakasara, pinid, pagpipinid, pagkakapinid
  2. adjournment; closing (of a meeting, etc.)
    Synonyms: hinto, paghihinto, pinid, pagpipinid
  3. object used to block entry into a place or to close a passage
    Synonyms: hadlang, halang

Derived terms

Related terms

Adjective

sará (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ)

  1. closed; shut
    Synonyms: sarado, nakapinid, pinid

Further reading

  • “sara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsa.ɾa]

Noun

sara

  1. south

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsa.ɾa]

Verb

sara

  1. (transitive) to light, ignite
  2. (intransitive) to burn
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsa.ɾa]

Verb

sara

  1. (transitive) to take or carry something over (a body of water, etc.)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsa.ɾa]

Noun

sara

  1. a twin
    Synonym: sosara

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صرعه (ṣarʿa, ṣara, a single action of prostrating, a single fit of epilepsy), from Arabic صَرْعَة (ṣarʕa, seizure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈra/, /saːˈra/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ra

Noun

sara (definite accusative sarayı, uncountable)

  1. (pathology) epilepsy
    Synonyms: epilepsi, tutarık, tutarak, tutarga, yilbik

Declension

References

Further reading

  • “sara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sara¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4070

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sara

  1. fork, branch

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “разветвление, развилина, развилка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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