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Sara
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Appendix:Variations of "sara"
Translingual
Etymology
mul en:Sarati,fr:sarati.
Symbol
Sarati
English
Etymology
From en la Sara Sarah.
Pronunciation
like en Sarah, which see
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sara.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sara2.wav Southern England
en ɛɹə 2
en ɑːɹə 2
Proper noun
s
en female Latin < Ancient Greek < Hebrew Sarah.
Hebrews 11 11 Through faith also Sara her selfe receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a child when she was past age, because she iudged him faithful who had promised.
1850 Dinah Craik, Olive, Chapman and Hall, page 151:
Olive learnt that her young beauty's name, so far from being anything so fine as Maddalena, was plain Sarah — or Sara, as its owner took care to explain. Olive was rather disappointed - but she thought of Coleridge's ladye love; consoled herself, and tried to console the young lady, with repeating
My pensive Sara! thy soft cheek reclined, &c.
At which Miss Sara Derwent laughed, and asked who wrote that very pretty poetry?
18 May 1996 w:Howard Rosenberg ‘Ruby Ridge’: A Tragedy or an Inevitable End? https://web.archive.org/web/20251129072707/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-18-ca-5444-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-18-ca-5444-story.html 29 November 2025 The oldest Weaver girls, Sara, 16, and Rachel, 10, were unharmed, as was their infant sister, Elisheba, whom Vicki had been holding when a sniper’s bullet crashed into her head.
en 2008 w:Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency 175 HarperCollins 9780007174799 'I wish I was called Sara,' she said out loud.'Sarah?' her mother said. 'Why the heck is being called Sarah better than being called Tracy?''Not Sarah, Sara,' Tracy said. 'There's no h, you say Saaara.'
en January 21, 2017 White nationalist Richard Spencer punched during interview Paul P. Murphy w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-punched/ “It was absolutely terrible,” Richard Spencer told CNN’s Sara Ganim by phone hours after the assault. “I’ve certain never had this happen before – a sucker punch in broad daylight.” https://web.archive.org/web/20230324065554/https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-punched/
Derived terms
en Sarabeth
Translations
female given name Sarah
Anagrams
en aars AARs ARSA ASAR Aras Raša SAAR Saar aras asar rasa
Danish
Pronunciation
da /saːra/ [ˈsɑːʁɑ]
Proper noun
da proper noun
da biblical character Sarah.
da female, often also spelled Sarah
Dutch
nl:
Alternative forms
nl Sarah
Etymology
From nl dum sara, from nl la Sara, from nl grc Σᾱ́ρᾱ, from nl he שָׂרָה.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈsaː.raː/
nl Nl-Sara.ogg
nl Sa ra
Proper noun
f
nl biblical character Sarah
nl Sarai Saraï
nl female Hebrew
Related terms
nl Saartje
Anagrams
nl aars, nl raas
Ewe
Proper noun
ee proper noun
ee female
Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe La le Eʋegbe me, Hebritɔwo 11:11
Le xɔse me Sara ke hɑ̃ kpɔ ŋusẽ bena, wòfɔ fu, eye wòdzi vi le eƒe nyagɑ̃kuku me; elabena ebu amesi na ŋugbedodoe la nuteƒewɔlae.
ee Biblical characters
Finnish
Etymology 1
Variant of fi Saara Sarah, popularized in the 1980s. Sometimes also associated with the Finnish noun fi sara sedge.
Pronunciation
saara older pronunciation, perceived as Swedish influence
Proper noun
fi female
fi 1927 w:Anni Swan Sara ja Sarri 14 WSOY 1966 Sarri niiasi ja tunsi olonsa kovin kömpelöksi."Ruustinna lähetti terveisiä", hän sai soperretuksi."Kiitän. Mikä on nimesi?""Saara.""Kuinka hauskaa! Aivan sama nimi kuin minullakin."Vanha rouva kääntyi puhujan puoleen."Sara, sinäkö jalkeilla näin aikaisin? - - -" Sarri curtseyed and felt very awkward."The provost's wife sent her regards", she got blurted out."Thank you. What is your name?""Saara.""How funny is that! That's the same name I have."The ole lady turned towards the person speaking."Sara, are you up this early? - - -"
fi 1982 w:Eeva Joenpelto Elämän rouva, rouva Glad WSOY 951-0-11426-X 133 Ja jos voisitte pyhästä saarnatuolistanne lausua etunimen Sara, ei Saara. Siis Sara Elisa Glad. And if you may still pronounce Sara from your sacred pulpit, not Saara. Sara Elisa Glad.
fi 1995 w:Jari Tervo Pyhiesi yhteyteen 89 WSOY 951-0-20492-7 ―Mulla on sama nimi näyttelijän kans.―Kenen.―Isi sanoo niin.―Mikä nimi se on.―Sara.―Se on hieno nimi.―Sara Suurperkiö, kuusi vuotta. ―I've got the same name as an actress.―Who.―Dad tells me that.―What's the name.―Sara.―That's a good name.―Sara Suurperkiö, six years old.
fi 2002 w:Leena Lehtolainen Kun luulit unohtaneesi Tammi 951-31-2498-3 Sara oli inhonnut sukunimeään lapsesta asti, ja kymmenkunta vuotta sitten hän oli vaihtanut sen Seliniksi, joka oli ollut mummon isänäidin tyttönimi. Samalla hävisi Saarasta toinen a, mutta äiti ja Veikko kutsuivat häntä edelleen Saaraksi. Sara had loathed her surname ever since she was a child, and some dozen years later she had changed it to Selin, the maiden name of her father's mother. At the same time Saara lost one of its A's, but her mother and Veikko still called her Saara.
Declension
Sar a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 12235 2890 50
Etymology 2
From fi sara sedge or the weak grade of fi sarka through place names.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Finnish
Declension
Sar a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 144
References
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr biblical character Sarah
fr female, usually spelled Sarah
Anagrams
fr aras, fr rasa
Galician
Pronunciation
gl Sa ra
gl sara
Proper noun
f
gl female Sarah Hebrew
gl biblical character Sarah wife of Abraham
Derived terms
gl Sariña
German
Pronunciation
de [ˈzaːʁa]
de De-at Sarah.ogg Austria
de De-Sara.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Sa ra
Proper noun
de proper noun
de biblical character Sarah
de female Sarah Biblical Hebrew
Icelandic
Pronunciation
is aːra 2
Proper noun
@@
is biblical character Sarah.
is female Hebrew
Declension
f
Italian
it:
it:+ (moglie di Abramo)
Etymology
it la Sāra, from it grc Σᾱ́ρᾱ, from it hbo שָׂרָה Śārāh.
Pronunciation
[àr]<r:DOP:lid#1078888<<name:dop>>>
Proper noun
f
it female Hebrew Sarah
it chiefly Sicily & Calabria it female Saro Rosaria
it biblicalit biblical Sarah wife of Abraham
it Sarra<ll:Dante><ref:<<name:dop>>>
References
Anagrams
it aars Arsa arsa rasa
Japanese
Romanization
さら
サラ
Latin
Etymology
From la grc Σᾱ́ρᾱ, from hbo שָׂרָה Śārāh
Pronunciation
Sāra yes
Proper noun
Sāra<1> f
la female Hebrew
Declension
Sāra<1>
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no biblical character Sarah.
no female, recently also spelled no Sarah
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt sara
pt aɾɐ 2
pt Sa ra
Etymology 1
Proper noun
f +
pt female Sarah Hebrew
pt biblical character Sarah wife of Abraham
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
pt Saara
pt Sahara obsolete
Proper noun
m
pt desert in northern continent/Africa Sahara
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Sára
Proper noun
Sára f
sh female
Further reading
Slovene
Pronunciation
Sȃra
Proper noun
Sȃra f
sl female
Declension
Sar
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es biblical character Sarah
es female
Quotations
es 1602 La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina) Génesis 17:15
: Dijo también Dios á Abraham: A Sarai tu mujer no la llamarás Sarai, mas Sara será su nombre.
Swedish
Etymology
Vulgate sv la Sara, from sv he -. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1464.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Sara.wav
Proper noun
c
sv biblical character Sarah.
sv female, recently also spelled Sarah
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 62 008 females with the given name Sara (compared to 6971 named Sarah) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv aars asar rasa
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Sarà
Proper noun
Sarà +
tl mun p/Iloilo c/Philippines
Walloon
Pronunciation
wa /sa.ˈʀa/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
the Sahara
wa female