كاروانسرای

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• كَروانسَرای (kervanseray)

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (kārvān-sarāy), from Classical Persian کاروانسرای (kārwānsarāy).

Noun

كاروانسَرای • (karvanseray)

1. caravanserai

Descendants

• Turkish: kervansaray
• → Bulgarian: кервансарай (kervansaraj)
• → Catalan: caravanserrall
• → Czech: karavanseráj
• → Danish: karavanserai
• → Dutch: karavanserai
• → English: caravanserai
• → Finnish: karavaaniseralji
• → French: caravansérail
  • → Portuguese: caravançará
  • → Romanian: caravanserai
• → German: Karawanserei
• → Greek: καραβανσεράι (karavanserái)
• → Hungarian: karavánszeráj
• → Italian: caravanserraglio
• → Norwegian: karavanserai
• → Polish: karawanseraj
• → Romanian: carvasara
• → Slovene: karavanseraj
• → Swedish: karavanseraj

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kervan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كاروانسرای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1515