serai
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of serai
1600–10; < Turkish seray < Persian sarāy abode, palace; see caravansary
Example Sentences
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Celle ke ci trove ai, Sens delai Ses amis serai.'
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
Leaving the serai again the following morning, we did a short march of some six or seven miles only, down to the river.
From A Kut Prisoner by Bishop, H. C. W.
It is simply, excellent one, that while I am absent fighting the English, thou wilt set a guard over the little serai where we dwell.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
And next day, in the serai where he had put up in Peshawar, Ahmed learnt from Sherdil that his name stood thirty-second on the list of candidates for the Guides.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
"Soyez sure, madame, que je serai du c�t� du manche."
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
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