seraglio

英 [se'rɑːlɪəʊ; sɪ-] 美 [sɪ'rælɪo]
  • n. 土耳其、苏丹的宫殿;伊斯兰教国家的后宫闺房

英文词源


seraglio
seraglio: see caravan
seraglio (n.)
"harem," also the name of a former palace of the sultan in Istanbul, 1580s, from Italian seraglio, alteration of Turkish saray "palace, court," from Persian sara'i "palace, inn," from Iranian base *thraya- "to protect" (cognates: Avestan thrayeinti "they protect"), from PIE *tra-, variant form of root *tere- (2) "to cross over, pass through, overcome" (see through).

The Italian word probably reflects folk etymology influence of serraglio "enclosure, cage," from Medieval Latin serraculum "bung, stopper" (see serried).

双语例句


1. I, who have a seraglio at cairo atat Constantinople, preside at a wedding?
我在开罗士麦拿 、 君士坦丁堡都有藏娇的迷宫, 可是我为人主持过一次婚礼 吗 ?—.

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