Sarki, ko Sarauta itace lakabin da ake ba mai-sarauta namiji monarch a kasashen Hausawa ko a inda ake amfani da harshen, acikin yanayi da dama. Lakabin ga mace, itace Sarauniya ko Saraniya na kan-karaga, sai dai akwai wasu wuraren dake kiran masu irin wannan mulki da suna na daban, kamar a kasar Poland Jadwiga na Poland da kuma Mary, Sarauniyar Hungary, wadanda aka nadasu Sarki a Poland da Sarki a Hungary atare a 1380. sai dai lakabin sarauniya karan-kansa yafi nufin [[Matar Sarki|matan] Sarki ne. A amfani da sunan a zamanin da suka shude, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, lakabin na nufi ne ga Sarautan Kabila. Kamar sarautar Jamus na dai-dai tareda al'adun Indiya da Turai na shugaban cin kabilu (c.f. Indic rājan, Gothic reiks, da tsohuwar Irish rí, da sauransu.). A kuma cikin amfani da sunan ga classical antiquity, Sarki ana fassara shi a harshen Latin da rex da a harshen Girka archon ko basileus.