کاروانسرا

Persian

کاروانسرایی در بیابان

Alternative forms

• کاروان‌سرا (kârvân-sarâ)
• کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây) (archaic)

Etymology

کاروان (kârvân) +‎ سرا (sarâ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːɾ.wɑːn.sa.ˈɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.wɑːn.sä.ɾɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.wɑːn.sä.ɾɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.wɑːn.sä.ɾɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːɾ.wɔːn.sä.ɾɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːɹ.vɒːn.sæ.ɹɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔɾ.vɔn.sä.ɾɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	kārwānsarā
Dari reading?	kārwānsarā
Iranian reading?	kârvânsarâ
Tajik reading?	korvonsaro

Noun

Dari	کاروانسرا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	корвонсаро

کاروانسرا • (kârvânsarâ) (plural کاروانسراها (kârvânsarâ-hâ))

1. caravanserai

   Synonym: خان (xân)

Descendants

• → Armenian: քարվանսարա (kʿarvansara)
• → Azerbaijani: karvansara
• → Georgian: ქარვასლა (karvasla)

(via کاروانسرای (kārwānsarāy)):

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: कारवां सराय (kārvā̃ sarāy)
  • Urdu: کارواں سَرائے (kārvā̃ sarāe)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray)
  • 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
• → Punjabi: کارواں سَرائے (kāroāṉ sarā'e)
• → Turkmen: kerwensaraý
• → Uzbek: karvonsaroy