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.
Ancestry of “Sarajevo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Sàrajevo | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | سرای | house; mansion; palace |
| 3 | Persian | سرای | hall; dwelling, house; mansion |
| 4 | Middle Persian | slʾd | hall, house |
| 5 | Old Persian | srāda | — |
Words derived from “Sarajevo”