Saraiki

English

Alternative forms

• Seraiki
• Siraiki

Etymology

From Saraiki سرائیکی (sarā'īkī), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:

• From Sindhi سِرو (siro, “up-river, north”).
• From Sanskrit सौवीर (sauvīra, “Sauvira”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈɹaɪ.kiː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈɹaɪ.ki/
• Rhymes: -aɪki
• Hyphenation: Sa‧rai‧ki

Proper noun

Saraiki

1. An ethnic group of central Pakistan.
2. The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Saraiki people.

Translations

ethnic group

• Portuguese: seraiki m or f
• Saraiki: سَرائِیکی (skr) (sarā'īkī)
• Urdu: سَرائِیکی (ur) f (sarāīkī)

Indo-Aryan language

• Bengali: সারাইকি (śaraiki)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 色萊基語／色莱基语 (sèláijīyǔ)

• French: Saraiki
• Hindi: सराइकी (sarāikī)
• Japanese: サライキ語 (saraiki-go)
• Kannada: ಸರೈಕಿ (saraiki)
• Korean: 사라이키어 (saraikieo)
• Portuguese: seraiki m
• Punjabi: ਸਰਾਇਕੀ (sarāikī)
• Santali: ᱥᱟᱨᱟᱭᱠᱤ (sarayki)
• Saraiki: سَرائِیکی (skr) (sarā'īkī)
• Sindhi: سرائيڪي (sarāīkī)
• Tamil: சராய்கி (carāyki)
• Urdu: سَرائِیکی (ur) f (sarāīkī)

French

Proper noun

Saraiki m

1. Saraiki

German

Proper noun

Saraiki n (proper noun, strong, genitive Saraiki or Saraikis)

1. Saraiki