Sarai

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Sarai, Saraj or Sarah can refer to:

[edit] Places

• Sarai, the capital city of the Golden Horde.
• The town of Sarai Alamgir in northern Pakistan.
• Sarai (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Ryazan Oblast, Russia
• Saraj, a municipality in Macedonia, one of the subdivisions of Greater Skopje.
• Saraj, a village near Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia, seat of the Saraj municipality.
• There is also a village in Amritsar by the name of Bal-Sarai.

[edit] Other meanings

• The Biblical figure Sarah.
• Sarai is a white female rapper who had a hit song in July 2003 with "Ladies."
• Sarai is Persian for a house. In Turkic Sarai means palace. This word was loaned by Russian (сарай) during the period of Mongol yoke with an opposite meaning shed. In Hebrew, Sarai, means My Princess. In Urdu and Hindi, it means a place where travellers meet and exchange views. Places in Delhi, named after the Hindi/Urdu meaning of Sarai include:
  • Sarai Kale Khan
  • Sarai Rohilla
  • Katwaria Sarai
  • Sheikh Sarai
  • Yusuf Sarai
  • Ber Sarai
• Sarai is a new media initiative of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies(CSDS).
• Sarai is also a last name in the Sikh religion.

[edit] See also

• Saray-Jük, the Little Sarai of the Golden Horde