name
Meaning 1
The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Saraiki people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Saraiki
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /səˈɹaɪ.kiː/
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General-American: /səˈɹaɪ.ki/
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rhymes with -aɪki
noun
Meaning 2
A linguistic community of central Pakistan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Saraiki سرائیکی (sarā'īkī), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin: * From Sindhi سِرو (sirō, “up-river, north”). * From Sanskrit सौवीर (sauvīra, “Sauvira”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: সারাইকি (śaraiki) — Indo-Aryan language
- Chinese Mandarin: 色萊基語 /色莱基语 (sèláijīyǔ) — Indo-Aryan language
- French: Saraiki — Indo-Aryan language
- Hindi: सराइकी (sarāikī) — Indo-Aryan language
- Japanese: サライキ語 (saraiki-go) — Indo-Aryan language
- Kannada: ಸರೈಕಿ (saraiki) — Indo-Aryan language
- Korean: 사라이키어 (saraikieo) — Indo-Aryan language
- Portuguese: seraiki — Indo-Aryan language
- Punjabi: ਸਰਾਇਕੀ (sarāikī) — Indo-Aryan language
- Santali: ᱥᱟᱨᱟᱭᱠᱤ (sarayki) — Indo-Aryan language
- Saraiki: سَرائِیکی (sarā'īkī) — Indo-Aryan language
- Sindhi: سرائيڪي (sarāīkī) — Indo-Aryan language
- Tamil: சராய்கி (carāyki) — Indo-Aryan language
- Urdu: سَرائِیکی (sarāīkī) — Indo-Aryan language
- Hindi: सराइकी (sarāikī) — linguistic community
- Portuguese: seraiki — linguistic community
- Saraiki: سَرائِیکی (sarā'īkī) — linguistic community
- Urdu: سَرائِیکی (sarāīkī) — linguistic community
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