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Sarah
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sarah
English
Etymology 1
From en hbo שָׂרָה śārâ lady, princess, from Sarah the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (he שָׂרָי śārāy masters, princes).
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɛɚ.ə/ GenAm, /ˈsɛɹ.ə/, /ˈsɑɹ.ə/; en nMmmm also /ˈsæ.ɹə/, /ˈseɪ.ɹə/
en /ˈsɛː.ɹə/ RP, /ˈsɛə.ɹə/, /ˈsɑɹ.ə/, /ˈsæ.ɹə/
en ɛɹə 2
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sarah.wav Southern England
en En-us-Sarah.ogg US
en æɹə 2
Proper noun
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en Q194808en biblical character The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
Genesis 21 4 93 1 And God ſaid vnto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou ſhalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ſhall her name be.
en female Hebrew.
en 1988 w:Margaret Atwood Cat's Eye 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.
en Ben Whedon Reshaping the right: A generational divide heralds a transformation of the GOP w:Just the News https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/frireshaping-right-generational-divide-heralds-transformation-gop 2025-07-03 Speaking on the John Solomon Reports podcast this week, conservative activist and RiftTV contributor Sarah Stock attributed some of the divide to a generational split in how conservatives consume information. https://web.archive.org/web/20250720001237/https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/frireshaping-right-generational-divide-heralds-transformation-gop
en female Arabic, ultimately from the same source.
A placename:
en ucomm s/Kentucky c/US.
en ucomm s/West Virginia c/US.
Alternative forms
en Sara Zara Zarah
Related terms
en nicknames Sallie,Sally Sadie
Translations
the wife of Abraham
Amharic: am ሣራ
Arabic: ar سَارَة f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܣܪܐ sara
Armenian: hy Սառա
Bashkir: ba Сара
Belarusian: be Са́ра f
Bengali: bn সারা
Bulgarian: bg Са́ра f, bg Са́рра f
Catalan: ca Sara
Cherokee: chr ᏎᎵ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 撒拉 Sālā
Czech: cs Sára f
Danish: da Sara
Dutch: nl Sara
Ewe: ee Sara
Faroese: fo Sára f
Finnish: fi Saara
French: fr Sara f
Georgian: ka სარა
German: de Sara f, de Sarah f
Greek: el Σάρα f
Ancient Greek: grc Σάρα f
Hausa: ha Saratu
Hawaiian: haw Sara
Hebrew: he שרה f sará
Hindi: hi सारा f
Hungarian: hu Sára
Irish: ga Sárá
Italian: it Sara
Japanese: ja サラ Sara
Korean: ko ^사라
Macedonian: mk Сара f
Malay: ms Sara
Māori: mi Hara
Marathi: mr सारा f
Marathi: mr साराय f
Norwegian: no Sara
Persian: fa سارا sârâ, fa ساره f sâra
Polish: pl Sara f, pl Saraj f
Portuguese: pt Sara f
Punjabi:
Western Punjabi: pnb سارہ f sāra
Russian: ru Са́ра f, ru Са́рра f
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Sárá
Scots: sco Saurah
Scottish Gaelic: gd Sàrah f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сара f
Latin: sh Sara f
Slovak: sk Sára f
Slovene: sl Sara f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb Sara f
Spanish: es Sara
Swedish: sv Sara
Tajik: tg Соро
Turkish: tr Sara, tr Sare
Ukrainian: uk Са́ра f
Urdu: ur سارہ f sāra
Yiddish: yi שׂרה f sore
given name from Hebrew
Arabic: ar سَارَة f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܣܪܐ sara
Bashkir: ba Сара
Bengali: bn সারা
Catalan: ca Sara
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 薩拉 Sàlā, also cmn 莎拉 Shālā
Czech: cs Sára f
Danish: da Sara, da Sarah
Dutch: nl Sara, nl Sarah
Ewe: ee Sara
Faroese: fo Sára f
Finnish: fi Saara
French: fr Sarah f
Galician: gl Sara
Georgian: ka სარა
German: de Sara f, de Sarah f
Greek: el Σάρα f
Ancient Greek: grc Σάρα f
Greenlandic: kl Saalat
Hausa: ha Saratu
Hawaiian: haw Kala
Hebrew: he שרה f sará
Hindi: hi सारा f
Hungarian: hu Sára
Irish: ga Sorcha
Italian: it Sara
Japanese: ja サラ Sara
Korean: ko ^사라
Latin: la Sara
Māori: mi Hera
Norwegian: no Sara
Persian: fa ساره f sâra
Polish: pl Sara f
Portuguese: pt Sara
Punjabi:
Western Punjabi: pnb سارہ sāra
Russian: ru Са́ра f
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Sárá
Scots: sco Saurah
Scottish Gaelic: gd Mòr, gd Mòrag, gd Sorcha
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb Sara f
Spanish: es Sara
Swedish: sv Sara
Turkish: tr Sâra
Ukrainian: uk Са́ра f
Urdu: ur سارہ f sāra
Yiddish: yi שׂרה f sore
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en village p/Hormozgan c/Iran.
Translations
Bengali: bn সরাহ
Hindi: hi सराह m
Persian: fa سراح sarâh
References
Anagrams
en aahrs Sahar haars haras
Danish
Etymology
From da en Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Danish da Sara.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 9025 females with the given name Sarah (compared to 12 537 named Sara) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequncy peak in the 1990s. Accessed on March 20th, 2011.
Dutch
Etymology
Likely influenced by English, which tends to represent Hebrew matres lectionis in spelling.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈsaː.raː/
nl Nl-Sarah.ogg
nl Sa rah
Proper noun
f
nl Sara
French
Etymology
A spelling variant of the biblical given name fr Sara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female
References
MeilleursPrénoms, based on INSEE data: 143 746 females named Sarah, compared to 18 954 named Sara, in France in 1900 - 2009, with the frequency peak in 2000. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.
German
Alternative forms
de Sara Sahra
Pronunciation
de [ˈzaːʁa]
de De-at Sarah.ogg Austria
de De-Sarah.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Sa rah
Proper noun
de proper noun f
de biblical character Sarah
de female Biblical Hebrew
Norwegian
Etymology
From no en Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional no Sara.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
References
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 2899 females with the given name Sarah, compared to 7800 named Sara, living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on March 29th 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
From sv en Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Swedish sv Sara.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Sarah.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Derived terms
sv lex Sarah
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån: 6971 females with the given name Sarah (compared to 62 008 named Sara) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.
Anagrams
sv aahrs hasar
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Sarah<ety:uder<hbo:שָׂרָה<t:lady, princess><tr:śārâ>>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Sara
Proper noun
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tl female English