Where does “Sarajevo” come from?

Sarajevo comes from Turkish Saray-ovası, from Persian سرای, from Middle Persian slʾd, from Old Persian srāda, a term for an enclosed space or palace.

Sarajevo (English): built on the Miljacka river

Definitions

  1. built on the Miljacka river

Ancestry of “Sarajevo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianSàrajevo—
2Ottoman Turkishسرایhouse; mansion; palace
3Persianسرایhall; dwelling, house; mansion
4Middle Persianslʾdhall, house
5Old Persiansrāda—

Words derived from “Sarajevo”

Every word from Old Persian srāda →Every word from Middle Persian slʾd →Every word from Persian سرای →