- Origin: Arabic سارية
- Urdu: سریا
- Hindi: सरिया
- Bengla: সারিয়া
- Meaning: “clouds at night.”
- Gender: Female
Sariyah سارية is from an Arabic word that means “clouds at night.”
It is derived from the Arabic root S-R-A, and can be associated with “night rain” or “night travel.”
Saria and Sarya is the Urdu transliteration and is popular in Pakistan and India among Muslims.
Other forms include:
- Sarija Сария (Abkhazian, Albanian, Azeri, Bashkir, Bosnian, Chechen, Circassian, Dagestani, Kazakh, Ossetian, Tajik)
- Sәrija Сәрия (Tatar)
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