Soraya

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proper noun

A female given name from Persian.

OriginIranian Persian ثریا ← Classical Persian ثریا ← Arabic ثُرَيَّا →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Surayya · alternative Surayyo · alternative Sorayya

  1. A female given name from Persian.

    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.

    1999, J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Penguin, published 2000, →ISBN, page 8

Origin

  1. Arabicثُرَيَّا
  2. Classical Persianثریا“brilliant gem; Pleiades”
  3. Iranian Persianثریا
  4. EnglishSoraya

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

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Translations

Arabic ثُرَيَّا
  • ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā)Translations
French Soraya
  • SorayaTranslations
Persian ثریا
  • ثریاTranslations
Spanish Soraya
  • SorayaTranslations
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APA

Soraya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Soraya

MLA

“Soraya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Soraya. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Soraya,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Soraya.

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