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Revision as of 00:22, 22 May 2024

English

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Etymology 1

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sarah (countable and uncountable, plural Sarahs)

  1. The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • 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.
  3. A placename
    1. An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
    2. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
Alternative forms
nicknames
Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Sarah

  1. A village in Hormozgan, Iran.
Translations
Translations

References

  1. ^ “Sarah”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Sarah”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 “Sarah”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “Sarah”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From English Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Danish Sara.

Proper noun

Sarah

  1. a female given name

References

  • [1] 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.raː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧rah

Proper noun

Sarah f

  1. Alternative form of Sara

French

Etymology

A spelling variant of the biblical given name Sara.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sarah f

  1. a female given name

References

  • [2] 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzaːʁa]
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧rah

Proper noun

Sarah f

  1. (biblical) Sarah
  2. a female given name from Biblical Hebrew

Norwegian

Etymology

From English Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Norwegian Sara.

Proper noun

Sarah

  1. a female given name

References

  • [3] 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 English Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Swedish Sara.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sarah c (genitive Sarahs)

  1. a female given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [4] 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sarah, from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sarah (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ)

  1. a female given name from English
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