seraglio

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Serail

Harem

Synonyme

harem

serail

hareem

women’s apartment

palace

inner palace

gyneceum

gynaeceum

Übersetzungen

sérail

saray

serraglio

harem

serail

harem

حرم النساء

harém

serrallo

χαρέμι

παλάτι

σεράι

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/səˈɹæljoʊ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.