کارخانه

See also: کارخانہ and كارخانه

Persian

Alternative forms

• کار خانه (kârxâne)
• کارخونه (kârxune) (colloquial Tehran)

Etymology

کار (kâr, “work, occupation”) +‎ خانه (xâne, “house”)

Noun

کارخانه • (kârxâne) (plural کارخانه‌ها (kârxâne-jât) or کارخانجات)

1. factory

Descendants

• → Arabic: كَرْخانة (karḵāna, “brothel”) (perhaps through Ottoman)
• → Azerbaijani: karxana / кархана
• → Georgian: ქარხანა (karxana)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कारख़ाना (kārxānā)

  Urdu: کارخانہ (kārxānā)

• → Middle Armenian: քարխանայ (kʻarxanay)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كارخانه (kârhane), كرخانه (kerhane) — colloquial
  • Turkish: kerhane (“brothel”)
  • → Arabic: كَرَخَانَة (karaḵāna, “brothel”)
  • → Aromanian: kiurhan (“prostitute”)
  • → Bulgarian: керхана́ (kerhaná, “brothel”)
  • → Romanian: cherhaná (“factory”)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (“factory; brothel”)

    Cyrillic script: ћерха̀на

    Latin script: ćerhàna