how to pronounce сарай

/sɐˈraj/

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сарай is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of сарай in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… гостей и снесли очередной сарай и нашли …”

meanings of сарай

noun:

Shed, storage building (small wooden construction).
Palace.
Uncomfortable, untidy room, pigsty.

сарай frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сарай occurs in russian on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.