Sarah
/ˈsɛː.ɹə//ˈsɛɚ.ə/
Sarah proper noun: the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
Proper noun (1)
Sarah (countable and uncountable, plural Sarahs)
- The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
- And God ſaid vnto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou ſhalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ſhall her name be.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 21:4, column 1
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, page 15
- Speaking on the John Solomon Reports podcast this week, conservative activist and RiftTV contributor Sarah Stock attributed some of the divide to a generational split in how conservatives consume information.2025 July 3, Ben Whedon, “Reshaping the right: A generational divide heralds a transformation of the GOP”, in Just the News, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025
- A female given name from Arabic, ultimately from the same source.
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
Proper noun (2)
Sarah
Sarah meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Sarah in Hindi
- given name from Hebrew
- सारा sārā
- the wife of Abraham
- सारा sārā
- Translations
- सराह sarāh
Sarah in Marathi
- the wife of Abraham
- सारा sārā, साराय sārāy
Sarah in Urdu
- given name from Hebrew
- سارہ sāra
- the wife of Abraham
- سارہ sāra
Sarah in Bengali
- given name from Hebrew
- সারা śara
- the wife of Abraham
- সারা śara
- Translations
- সরাহ śoraho
More languagesFewer languages
- Sarah in Arabic
- سَارَة sāra
- Sarah in Malay
- Sara
- Sarah in Persian
- ساره sâra, سارا sârâ, سراح sarâh
Forms of Sarah
| plural | Sarahs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Sara |
| alternative form | Zara |
| alternative form | Zarah |
Origin of Sarah
From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).
Words that rhyme with Sarah
Questions about Sarah
- What does Sarah mean?
- Sarah means the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
- What is Sarah in Hindi?
- Sarah in Hindi is सारा (sārā), सराह (sarāh). See Sarah meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Sarah?
- Sarah is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sarah?
- Sarah is pronounced /ˈsɛɚ.ə/ (US).
Words near Sarah in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Sarah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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