Sarah

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Sarah¹

  • /ˈsɛɚ.ə/ US
  • /ˈsɛː.ɹə/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛɹə, -æɹə

Where it comes from

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).

proper noun Sarahs · Sara · Zara · Zarah

  1. countable, uncountable The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible. And God ſaid vnto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou ſhalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ſhall her name be.
  2. countable, uncountable A female given name from Hebrew. I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.
  3. countable, uncountable A female given name from Arabic, ultimately from the same source.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.

Sarah²

proper noun

  1. A village in Hormozgan Province, Iran.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hagar, baroness, mrs, good, darling, sahara, pretty, chuck, darah, louise, sara, tatiana, jane, alice, steve, eddie

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name given name from Hebrew

EspañolSara
한국어사라
日本語サラ
中文薩拉 /萨拉 Sàlā, 莎拉 Shālā
हिन्दीसारा sārā
PortuguêsSara
FrançaisSarah
DeutschSara, Sarah
ItalianoSara
ΕλληνικάΣάρα Sára
РусскийСа́ра Sára
العربيةسَارَة sāra
עבריתשרה sará

name the wife of Abraham

EspañolSara
한국어사라
日本語サラ
中文撒拉 Sālā
हिन्दीसारा sārā
PortuguêsSara
FrançaisSara
DeutschSara, Sarah
ItalianoSara
ΕλληνικάΣάρα Sára
РусскийСа́ра Sára, Са́рра Sárra
العربيةسَارَة sāra
עבריתשרה sará

name Translations

हिन्दीसराह sarāh

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@misc{sarah_2026,
  title = {Sarah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sarah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}