English Explanatory Dictionary

Soraya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Persian.

Word forms

Soraya Surayya Surayyo Sorayya

Etymology

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

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