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seraglio

se·rag·lio

US/səˈɹæljoʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household

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Origin

From Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (“lock up, close”), from sera (“lock, bolt”). The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Turkish saray (“palace”). Compare serai, serail.

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