Saara

See also: saara, šaara, and såra

Estonian

Proper noun

Saara

  1. Sarah (biblical character).
  2. a female given name of biblical origin

Finnish

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה‎ (śārâ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑːrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑːrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Saa‧ra

Proper noun

Saara

  1. Sarah (biblical character).
    • 1776, The Holy Bible, Genesis 17:15:
      Ja Jumala sanoi Abrahamille: Saraita sinun emäntääs ei pidä sinun enää kutsuman Sarai; vaan Saara pitää oleman hänen nimensä.
      And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
  2. a female given name
    • 1977, Hannu Aho, Saara, WSOY, →ISBN, page 7:
      Me sanoimme häntä Saaraksi, ja vasta paljon myöhemmin jossain vaiheessa kävi ilmi että se todella oli hänen nimensä. Pate se oli joka nimen keksi, Saara mustien hiusten takia: Musta Saara.
      We call her Saara, only to much later realize that it in fact was her real name. Pate was the one who came up with that name, Saara, due to her black hair: "black Saara".
    • 1982, Eeva Joenpelto, Elämän rouva, rouva Glad, WSOY, →ISBN, page 261:
      ―Onko se Saara vai Sara? ―Se Saara oli jotenkin niin―Tai minä vain rupesin kirjoittamaan Sara.
      ―Is it Saara or Sara? ―Saara was somehow so―or I just started writing Sara.
    • 2010, Peter Franzén, Tumman veden päällä, Tammi, →ISBN, page 245:
      Saara on nätti nimi ja niin on Saarakin, ajattelen, enkä muista koko päivästä mitään muuta.
      Saara is a nice name and so is Saara, I think and cannot remember anything else from that day.

Declension
Inflection of Saara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Saara Saarat
genitive Saaran Saarojen
partitive Saaraa Saaroja
illative Saaraan Saaroihin
singular plural
nominative Saara Saarat
accusative nom. Saara Saarat
gen. Saaran
genitive Saaran Saarojen
Saarainrare
partitive Saaraa Saaroja
inessive Saarassa Saaroissa
elative Saarasta Saaroista
illative Saaraan Saaroihin
adessive Saaralla Saaroilla
ablative Saaralta Saaroilta
allative Saaralle Saaroille
essive Saarana Saaroina
translative Saaraksi Saaroiksi
instructive — Saaroin
abessive Saaratta Saaroitta
comitative — Saaroineen
Possessive forms of Saara (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person Saarani Saaramme
2nd person Saarasi Saaranne
3rd person Saaransa

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Sara.

Proper noun

Saara

  1. a female given name from Danish

References
  • Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN
  • Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Italian

Etymology

Italianized spelling of Sahara.

Proper noun

Saara m

  1. Alternative spelling of Sahara

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: saa‧ra

Proper noun

Saara f

  1. Saar (a Moselle, flowing through France and Germany)
  2. Saarland (a state of Germany)

Declension
Declension of Saara
singular
nominative Saara
genitive Saary
dative Saarze
accusative Saarę
instrumental Saarą
locative Saarze
vocative Saaro

Further reading
  • Saara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Saara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈa.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈa.ɾa/

Proper noun

Saara m

  1. Sahara (desert in Africa)

Derived terms
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