caravansérail

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray), from Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây), from کاروان (kârvân, “caravan”) + سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”). See caravane and sérail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁa.vɑ̃.se.ʁaj/

Noun

caravansérail m (plural caravansérails)

1. caravanserai

Further reading

• “caravansérail”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.