serai
Americannoun
plural
seraisnoun
Etymology
Origin of serai
1600–10; < Turkish seray < Persian sarāy abode, palace; see caravansary
Example Sentences
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It's a bugle-horn, and the motto is J'y serai.
From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton
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
Yakoob Beg had even detailed off to take care of the serai and its occupants a large number of the old Khitay, or Yangy Mussulmans, who were generally employed throughout the city as domestic servants.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
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.
Palace and mosque and garden and serai, Bazaars and baths and spacious pleasure grounds, By favor of Allah to perfection sprang.
From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss
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