Sara
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- like Sarah, which see
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɹə
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Proper noun
editSara (plural Saras)
- A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:11:
- 1850 Dinah Craik, Olive, Chapman and Hall, page 151:
- Olive learnt that her young beauty's name, so far from being anything so fine as Maddalena, was plain Sarah — or Sara, as its owner took care to explain. Olive was rather disappointed - but she thought of Coleridge's ladye love; consoled herself, and tried to console the young lady, with repeating
- My pensive Sara! thy soft cheek reclined, &c.
- At which Miss Sara Derwent laughed, and asked who wrote that very pretty poetry?
- Olive learnt that her young beauty's name, so far from being anything so fine as Maddalena, was plain Sarah — or Sara, as its owner took care to explain. Olive was rather disappointed - but she thought of Coleridge's ladye love; consoled herself, and tried to console the young lady, with repeating
- 2008, Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 175:
- 'I wish I was called Sara,' she said out loud.
'Sarah?' her mother said. 'Why the heck is being called Sarah better than being called Tracy?'
'Not Sarah, Sara,' Tracy said. 'There's no h, you say Saaara.'
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editDanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSara
- (biblical) Sarah.
- a female given name, often also spelled Sarah
Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch sara, from Latin Sara, from Ancient Greek Σᾱ́ρᾱ (Sā́rā), from Hebrew שָׂרָה.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSara f
- (biblical) Sarah
- a female given name from Hebrew
Related terms
editAnagrams
editEwe
editProper noun
editSara
- a female given name
- Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe La le Eʋegbe me, Hebritɔwo 11:11
- Le xɔse me Sara ke hɑ̃ kpɔ ŋusẽ bena, wòfɔ fu, eye wòdzi vi le eƒe nyagɑ̃kuku me; elabena ebu amesi na ŋugbedodoe la nuteƒewɔlae.
- Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe La le Eʋegbe me, Hebritɔwo 11:11
Finnish
editEtymology 1
editModern variant of Saara (“Sarah”), popularized in the 1980s. Sometimes also associated with the Finnish noun sara (“sedge”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈsɑrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝rɑ̝]
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑːrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ːrɑ̝] (older pronunciation, perceived as Swedish influence)
- Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
- Hyphenation(key): Sa‧ra
Proper noun
editSara
- a female given name
- 1927, Anni Swan, Sara ja Sarri, WSOY, published 1966, page 14:
- Sarri niiasi ja tunsi olonsa kovin kömpelöksi.
"Ruustinna lähetti terveisiä", hän sai soperretuksi.
"Kiitän. Mikä on nimesi?"
"Saara."
"Kuinka hauskaa! Aivan sama nimi kuin minullakin."
Vanha rouva kääntyi puhujan puoleen.
"Sara, sinäkö jalkeilla näin aikaisin? - - -"- Sarri curtseyed and felt very awkward.
"The provost's wife sent her regards", she got blurted out.
"Thank you. What is your name?"
"Saara."
"How funny is that! That's the same name I have."
The ole lady turned towards the person speaking.
"Sara, are you up this early? - - -"
- Sarri curtseyed and felt very awkward.
- 1982, Eeva Joenpelto, Elämän rouva, rouva Glad, WSOY, →ISBN, page 133:
- Ja jos voisitte pyhästä saarnatuolistanne lausua etunimen Sara, ei Saara. Siis Sara Elisa Glad.
- And if you may still pronounce Sara from your sacred pulpit, not Saara. Sara Elisa Glad.
- 1995, Jari Tervo, Pyhiesi yhteyteen, WSOY, →ISBN, page 89:
- ―Mulla on sama nimi näyttelijän kans.
―Kenen.
―Isi sanoo niin.
―Mikä nimi se on.
―Sara.
―Se on hieno nimi.
―Sara Suurperkiö, kuusi vuotta.- ―I've got the same name as an actress.
―Who.
―Dad tells me that.
―What's the name.
―Sara.
―That's a good name.
―Sara Suurperkiö, six years old.
- ―I've got the same name as an actress.
- 2002, Leena Lehtolainen, Kun luulit unohtaneesi, Tammi, →ISBN:
- Sara oli inhonnut sukunimeään lapsesta asti, ja kymmenkunta vuotta sitten hän oli vaihtanut sen Seliniksi, joka oli ollut mummon isänäidin tyttönimi. Samalla hävisi Saarasta toinen a, mutta äiti ja Veikko kutsuivat häntä edelleen Saaraksi.
- Sara had loathed her surname ever since she was a child, and some dozen years later she had changed it to Selin, the maiden name of her father's mother. At the same time Saara lost one of its A's, but her mother and Veikko still called her Saara.
Declension
editInflection of Sara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sara | Sarat | |
genitive | Saran | Sarojen | |
partitive | Saraa | Saroja | |
illative | Saraan | Saroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sara | Sarat | |
accusative | nom. | Sara | Sarat |
gen. | Saran | ||
genitive | Saran | Sarojen Sarain rare | |
partitive | Saraa | Saroja | |
inessive | Sarassa | Saroissa | |
elative | Sarasta | Saroista | |
illative | Saraan | Saroihin | |
adessive | Saralla | Saroilla | |
ablative | Saralta | Saroilta | |
allative | Saralle | Saroille | |
essive | Sarana | Saroina | |
translative | Saraksi | Saroiksi | |
abessive | Saratta | Saroitta | |
instructive | — | Saroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Sara is the 55th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 12,076 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,848 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2
editFrom sara (“sedge”) or the weak grade of sarka through place names.[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSara
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Sara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sara | Sarat | |
genitive | Saran | Sarojen | |
partitive | Saraa | Saroja | |
illative | Saraan | Saroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sara | Sarat | |
accusative | nom. | Sara | Sarat |
gen. | Saran | ||
genitive | Saran | Sarojen Sarain rare | |
partitive | Saraa | Saroja | |
inessive | Sarassa | Saroissa | |
elative | Sarasta | Saroista | |
illative | Saraan | Saroihin | |
adessive | Saralla | Saroilla | |
ablative | Saralta | Saroilta | |
allative | Saralle | Saroille | |
essive | Sarana | Saroina | |
translative | Saraksi | Saroiksi | |
abessive | Saratta | Saroitta | |
instructive | — | Saroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
edit- The surname Sara belongs to 146 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSara f
- (biblical) Sarah
- a female given name, usually spelled Sarah
Anagrams
editGalician
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSara f
- a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah
- (biblical) Sarah (wife of Abraham)
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSara
- (biblical) Sarah
- a female given name from Biblical Hebrew; variant form Sarah
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSara f (proper noun, genitive singular Söru)
- (biblical) Sarah.
- a female given name from Hebrew
Declension
editItalian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Sāra, from Ancient Greek Σᾱ́ρᾱ (Sā́rā), from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (Śārāh).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSara f
- (biblical) Sarah (wife of Abraham)
- a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah
Further reading
edit- Sara on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
editJapanese
editRomanization
editSara
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Σᾱ́ρᾱ (Sā́rā), from שָׂרָה (Śārāh)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsaː.ra/, [ˈs̠äːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ra/, [ˈsäːrä]
Proper noun
editSāra f sg (genitive Sārae); first declension
- a female given name from Hebrew
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Sāra |
genitive | Sārae |
dative | Sārae |
accusative | Sāram |
ablative | Sārā |
vocative | Sāra |
Norwegian
editProper noun
editSara
- (biblical) Sarah.
- a female given name, recently also spelled Sarah
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Etymology 1
editProper noun
editSara f
- a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah
- (biblical) Sarah (wife of Abraham)
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editProper noun
editSara m
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSára f (Cyrillic spelling Са́ра)
- a female given name
Further reading
edit- “Sara”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024
Slovene
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSȃra f
- a female given name
Declension
editFeminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | Sara | ||
gen. sing. | Sare | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Sara | Sari | Sare |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Sare | Sar | Sar |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Sari | Sarama | Saram |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Saro | Sari | Sare |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Sari | Sarah | Sarah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Saro | Sarama | Sarami |
Further reading
edit- “Sara”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSara f
- (biblical) Sarah
- a female given name
Quotations
edit- 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 17:15:
- : Dijo también Dios á Abraham: A Sarai tu mujer no la llamarás Sarai, mas Sara será su nombre.
Swedish
editEtymology
editVulgate Latin Sara, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1464.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editSara c (genitive Saras)
- (biblical) Sarah.
- a female given name, recently also spelled Sarah
References
edit- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 62 008 females with the given name Sara (compared to 6971 named Sarah) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
editWalloon
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSara
- the Sahara
- a female given name
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