سراج

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic שְׁרָגָא (šerāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܫܪܳܓܳܐ), from Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /⁠širāɣ⁠/).

Noun

سِرَاج • (sirāj) m (plural سُرُج (suruj))

  1. lamp, luminary, lantern
  2. used as a part of plant-names
Declension
Descendants
  • Bengali: সিরাজ (śiraj)
  • Swahili: siraji

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic סַרָּגָא (sarrāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܣܰܪܳܓܳܐ), from סְרַג (srag, to bind, to plait) (in Classical Syriac ܣܪܰܓ).

Noun

سَرَّاج • (sarrāj) m (plural سَرَّاجُون (sarrājūn))

  1. saddler
Declension
Coordinate terms
Descendants
  • Albanian: saraç
  • Armenian: սառաջ (saṙaǰ)
  • Azerbaijani: sərrac
  • Georgian: სარაჯი (saraǯi)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سراج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 645
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 95
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 101
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سراج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 306
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سراج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1344
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سراج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 564

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj, lamp, lantern).

Noun

سراج • (sirac) (plural سرج)

  1. lamp, especially an oil lamp
    Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa), مصباح (mısbah)
  2. wick, candlewick
    Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), فتیل (fitil)
  3. light, any source of light
    Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık), چراغ (çirag)

Derived terms

  • سراجی (siraci, pertaining to a lampwick)

Descendants

Further reading

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