Soraya

English

Alternative forms

  • Surayya (Classical Persian and Dari)
  • Surayyo (Tajik)
  • Sorayya

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian ثریا (sorayyâ), from Classical Persian ثریا (surayyā, “brilliant gem; Pleiades”), ultimately from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).

Proper noun

Soraya

  1. A female given name from Persian.
    • 1999, J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Penguin, published 2000, →ISBN, page 8:
      Lots of exotics to choose from - Malaysian, Thai, Chinese, you name it. He spends an evening with another Soraya - Soraya has become, it seems, a popular nom de commerce - in a hotel room in Long Street.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /soˈɾaʝa/ [soˈɾa.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /soˈɾaʃa/ [soˈɾa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /soˈɾaʒa/ [soˈɾa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aʝa
  • Syllabification: So‧ra‧ya

Proper noun

Soraya f

  1. a female given name
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