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Serap

Serap is a Turkish word meaning mirage or illusion. In everyday Turkish, serap describes the optical phenomenon in which distant objects appear distorted, displaced, or disappear on the horizon, often due to atmospheric refraction over heat or water. The term is also used more figuratively to denote something illusory or unattainable, such as a promise that cannot be kept.

Beyond its lexical use, Serap is a feminine given name in Turkey and among Turkish-speaking communities. As

Etymology: The word is of Arabic origin, transmitted into Turkish, and has been part of the Turkish

In culture and media, serap may appear in poetry, songs, and fiction as a symbol of illusion,

a
name,
it
evokes
the
idea
of
beauty
and
ephemerality
associated
with
mirages,
and
it
is
popular
in
literary
and
artistic
contexts.
lexicon
for
centuries.
longing,
or
unattainable
goals.
The
term
is
distinct
from
similar
concepts
in
other
languages
but
shares
cross-cultural
associations
with
the
idea
of
an
elusive
vision
on
the
horizon.