Sarah
साराprincess, noblewoman
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Saira
साइरा
traveler, one who journeys
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Saira means ‘one who travels’ or ‘walker’, through the feminine form of Arabic sāʾir. Wiktionary connects the word with a verb meaning ‘to move’, ‘travel’ or ‘leave’. The cited entry documents the grammatical form rather than a separate Urdu name entry, but the travel meaning follows the Arabic word directly. Sarah is a different name with a Hebrew source and should not be used to supply Saira's etymology.
Source: Wiktionary, سائرة. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
سائرة is read saa-i-ra in Arabic, with a brief break before i. साइरा is a Devanagari form; a South Asian reading can be sai-ra, in two syllables. Sairah and Sayra are alternative Roman spellings. The h ending need not add a spoken syllable.
Also spelled Sairah, Sayra.