seraglio

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

παλάτι

χαρέμι

σεράι

Συνώνυμα

harem

serail

hareem

women’s apartment

palace

inner palace

gyneceum

gynaeceum

Μεταφράσεις

sérail

Serail

serraglio

saray

harem

Harem

harem

serail

serrallo

harem

harém

harem

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/səˈɹæljoʊ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.