# Sarajevo
## English
### Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).), and ova "plain, lowland".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/, /ˈsæ.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ/, /ˌsɑː.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/, /ˈsɑː.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Sarajevo
* The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
** 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “War Zones”, in Living History‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 344:I had planned a stop in Sarajevo to meet with a multiethnic delegation to hear their ideas about what the United States government and private organizations could do to help heal a society ripped apart by war. The security situation forced me to cancel my trip to Sarajevo, but the people I was to meet were so disappointed that they insisted on braving the journey along fifty miles of treacherous roads to meet me in Tuzla.
* A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

#### Derived terms

* Sarajevan

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Etymology in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
* ↑ Velikonja, Mitja (2003) Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina‎, Texas A&M University Press, page 55
* ↑ Tomašević, Nebojša (1983) Treasures of Yugoslavia‎, Yugoslaviapublic, page 315

## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

Sarajevo
* Alternative spelling of Sarajewo

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsarajɛvo]

### Proper noun

Sarajevo n (relational adjective sarajevský)
* Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Sarajevo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای (saray, “house, mansion, palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [saraˈjevo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -evo
* Hyphenation: Sa‧ra‧je‧vo

### Proper noun

Sarajevo (accusative Sarajevon)
* Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Holonyms

* Bosnio kaj Hercegovino

## Estonian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑrɑjevo/, [ˈsɑrɑ̈ˌjevo]
* Hyphenation: Sa‧ra‧je‧vo

### Proper noun

Sarajevo (genitive Sarajevo, partitive Sarajevot)
* Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Sarajevo”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “Sarajevo”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
* Sarajevo in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.ʁa.je.vo/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Sarajevo ?
* Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaʁaˌjeːvo/, /ˌsaʁaˈjeːvo/, /zaʁa-/, /-jɛvo/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Sarajevo n (proper noun, genitive Sarajevos or (optionally with an article) Sarajevo)
* Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Declension

$^1$Optionally with an article.

## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Sarajevo f (proper noun, indeclinable)
* Alternative form of Sarajevó

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Sarajevo
* Alternative spelling of Saraievo

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سرای (saray) (from Persian سرای (sarây, “house, palace”)) and اووه (ova, “plain, lowland”) (from Proto-Turkic [Term?]).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sǎra(j)eʋo/
* Hyphenation: Sa‧ra‧je‧vo

### Proper noun

Sàrajevo n (Cyrillic spelling Са̀рајево)
* Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Related terms

* Sarajlija

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsarajevɔ]

### Proper noun

Sarajevo n (genitive singular Sarajeva, declension pattern of mesto)
* Sarajevo (the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

### References

* “Sarajevo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Sarajevo n (genitive Sarajevos)
* Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)