# سراج
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic שְׁרָגָא (šerāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܫܪܳܓܳܐ), from Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /⁠širāɣ⁠/).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.raːd͡ʒ/
* Rhymes: -aːd͡ʒ

#### Noun

سِرَاج • (sirāj) m (plural سُرُج (suruj))
* lamp, luminary, lantern
* used as a part of plant-names

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: সিরাজ (śiraj)
* → Swahili: siraji

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Aramaic סַרָּגָא (sarrāgā) (in Classical Syriac ܣܰܪܳܓܳܐ), from סְרַג (srag, “to bind, to plait”) (in Classical Syriac ܣܪܰܓ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sar.raːd͡ʒ/
* Rhymes: -aːd͡ʒ

#### Noun

سَرَّاج • (sarrāj) m (plural سَرَّاجُون (sarrājūn))
* saddler

##### Coordinate terms

* سَرْج (sarj, “saddle”)
* سِرَاجَة (sirāja, “saddlery”)

##### Descendants

* ⇒ Albanian: saraç
* → Armenian: սառաջ (saṙaǰ)
* → Azerbaijani: sərrac
* → Georgian: სარაჯი (saraǯi)

### References

* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سراج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 645
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 95
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 101
* Freytag, Georg (1833) “سراج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 306
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “سراج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1344
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سراج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 564

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj, “lamp, lantern”), itself from Aramaic שְׁרָגָא (šerāgā), from Parthian *𐫢𐫡𐫀𐫄 (*šrʾɣ /⁠širāɣ⁠/). Doublet of چراغ (çirag, “lamp”).

#### Noun

سراج • (sirac) (definite accusative سراجی (siracı), plural سرج (sürüc))
* lamp, oil lamp, a simple vessel used to produce light continuously from a liquid fuel source
    Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa), مصباح (mısbah)
* wick, candlewick, a bundle, twist, or braid of cord, fabric, or fibre that draws up liquid fuel
    Synonyms: چراغ (çirag), فتیل (fitil)
* light, any source of illumination, such as a candle, lightbulb, torch, lamp, streetlight, etc.
    Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık), چراغ (çirag), نور (nur)

##### Derived terms

* سراج راه هدایت (sirac-ı rah-ı hidayet, “the Muslim creed”)
* سراجی (siraci, “pertaining to a lampwick”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: sirac

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sirac”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4260
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sirâc”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1146
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سراج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 670
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lucerna”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 975
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سراج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2577
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سراج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1047

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَرَّاج (sarrāj, “saddler”), itself from Aramaic סַרָּגָא (sarrāgā), from the verb סְרַג (srag, “to bind, to plait”).

#### Noun

سراج • (sarac) (definite accusative سراجی (saracı), plural سراجلر (saraclar))
* saddler, saddlemaker, someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles
    Synonyms: ایرجی (eyerci), زینساز (zinsaz), زینگر (zinger)

##### Derived terms

* سراجت (siracet, “saddlery”)
* سراجخانه (sarachane, “saddlery mart”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: saraç
* → Albanian: saraç

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “saraç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4070
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “serrâc”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1131
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سراج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 671
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ephippiarius”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 469
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سراج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2577
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “saraç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سراج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1047