Sari
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sari"
English
Finnish
Etymology
A twentieth century invention usually interpreted as a variant of Saara (“Sarah”), rhyming with other popular 1960s names, Ari, Jari and Mari. Other possible sources are the place name Sariola in the Kalevala, and Hungarian Sári (a pet form of Sára).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑri/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ri]
- Rhymes: -ɑri
- Syllabification(key): Sa‧ri
Proper noun
Sari
- a female given name
- 1990, Marjatta Koskenvesa, Lunta, sanoi perhonen, WSOY, →ISBN, page 12:
- Heti syksyllä, kun tyttö oli alkanut käydä puolipäiväosastolla, hänen puhuttelunimensä, Sari Päivikki, oli käytännön syistä vaihtunut Päiviksi ja samantien tietysti myös kotona. Leikkikoulussa oli osunut olemaan kuusi Sari-nimistä.
- As autumn began and the girl started going to the preschool at noon, her nickname had turned from Sari Päivikki to Päivi for practical reasons, and also then at home. The same preschool happened to have six girls named Sari.
Usage notes
- The most popular first name of women born in Finland 1965-1972.
Declension
Inflection of Sari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Sari | Sarit | ||
genitive | Sarin | Sarien | ||
partitive | Saria | Sareja | ||
illative | Sariin | Sareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Sari | Sarit | ||
accusative | nom. | Sari | Sarit | |
gen. | Sarin | |||
genitive | Sarin | Sarien | ||
partitive | Saria | Sareja | ||
inessive | Sarissa | Sareissa | ||
elative | Sarista | Sareista | ||
illative | Sariin | Sareihin | ||
adessive | Sarilla | Sareilla | ||
ablative | Sarilta | Sareilta | ||
allative | Sarille | Sareille | ||
essive | Sarina | Sareina | ||
translative | Sariksi | Sareiksi | ||
abessive | Saritta | Sareitta | ||
instructive | — | Sarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
- Sari is the 7th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 27,586 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,575 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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