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Soraya
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English
Alternative forms
en Surayya Classical Persian and Dari
en Surayyo Tajik
en Sorayya
Etymology
Borrowed from en fa-ira ثریا sorayyâ, from en fa-cls ثریا surayyā brilliant gem; Pleiades, ultimately from en ar ثُرَيَّا.
Proper noun
en female Persian.
en 1999 w:J. M. Coetzee Disgrace 8 Penguin 2000 0140296409 Lots of exotics to choose from - Malaysian, Thai, Chinese, you name it. He spends an evening with another Soraya - Soraya has become, it seems, a popular nom de commerce - in a hotel room in Long Street.
Translations
Arabic: ar ثُرَيَّا
Persian: fa ثریا
French: fr Soraya
Spanish: es Soraya
French
fr:
Etymology
Borrowed from fr fa-ira ثریا sorayyâ, from fr fa-cls ثریا surayyā brilliant gem; Pleiades, ultimately from fr ar ثُرَيَّا.
Proper noun
f
en Soraya: fr female Persian
Spanish
es:
Etymology
Borrowed from es fa-ira ثریا sorayyâ, from es fa-cls ثریا surayyā brilliant gem; Pleiades, ultimately from es ar ثُرَيَّا.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
en Soraya: es female Persian