seraglio

Significat (Anglès)

1. A palace of a sultan.
2. A palace of a sultan.
3. A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
4. The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
5. A brothel or place of debauchery.
6. An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.

Conceptes

harem

Sinònims

harem

serail

hareem

women’s apartment

palace

inner palace

gyneceum

gynaeceum

Traduccions

sérail

Serail

saray

serraglio

harem

Harem

harem

serail

harém

serrallo

χαρέμι

παλάτι

σεράι

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/səˈɹæljoʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (“lock up, close”), from sera (“lock, bolt”). The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Turkish saray (palace). Compare serai, serail.