Sarah [princess]

 

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Contents [show] 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Synonyms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 3 French 3.1 Proper noun 4 German 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Proper noun 5 Norwegian 5.1 Proper noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (Sara, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɛərə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɛrə/, /ˈsærə/

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Sarah

1. (Biblical) Wife of Patriarch Abraham. Mother of Isaac.
2. A female given name

[edit] Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 17:15
  

  And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.




• 1988 Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye: page 15:
  

  I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.

[edit] Related terms

• Sadie, Sallie, Sally, Sara

[edit] Synonyms

• (wife of Abraham): Sarai

[edit] Translations

[show ▼]Wife of Abraham

Arabic: سارة (sāra) Armenian: Սառա hy(hy) (Saṙa) Catalan: Sara ca(ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 莎拉 cmn(cmn) (Shālā) Danish: Sara da(da) Dutch: Sara nl(nl) Ewe: Sara Finnish: Saara fi(fi) French: Sara fr(fr) German: Sara de(de)		Hawaiian: Sara Hebrew: שרה (Sara) Irish: Sárá ga(ga) Italian: Sara it(it) Northern Sami: Sárá Norwegian: Sara no(no) Russian: Сара (Sára), Сарра (Sárra) Spanish: Sara es(es) Swedish: Sara sv(sv)
		Add translation : More masc. fem. neuter common gender plural Transliteration: (e.g. ázbuka for азбука) Page name: (e.g. amo for amō) Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang) Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin) Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)

[hide ▲]given name from Hebrew

Arabic: سيره (sērah) Catalan: Sara ca(ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 莎拉 cmn(cmn) (Shālā) Czech: Sára cs(cs) Danish: Sara da(da), Sarah da(da) Dutch: Sara, Sarah Ewe: Sara Finnish: Saara fi(fi) French: Sarah fr(fr) Galician: Sara Georgian: სარა (Sara) German: Sara de(de), Sarah de(de) Greek: Σάρα (Sara)		Hawaiian: Kala Hebrew: שרה (Sara) Irish: Sorcha ga(ga) Italian: Sara it(it) Latin: Sara la(la) Northern Sami: Sárá Norwegian: Sara no(no) Portuguese: Sara pt(pt) Russian: Сара (Sára) Scottish Gaelic: Mòr, Mòrag, Sorcha Spanish: Sara Swedish: Sara sv(sv) Turkish: Sâra
		Add translation : More masc. fem. neuter common gender plural Transliteration: (e.g. ázbuka for азбука) Page name: (e.g. amo for amō) Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang) Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin) Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)

[edit] Anagrams

• haras, Sahar

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Proper noun

Sarah

1. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Sara.

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Sarah

1. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Sara.

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzaːʀa/

[edit] Proper noun

Sarah

1. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Sara.

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[edit] Norwegian

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Sarah

1. A female given name, a modern spelling of Sara.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Proper noun

Sarah

1. A female given name, a modern spelling of Sara.

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