کاروانسرا
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Persian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Sharaf-1.jpg/220px-Sharaf-1.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]- کاروانسرا (kârvân-sarâ)
- کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây) (archaic)
Etymology
[edit]From کاروان (kârvân) + سرا (sarâ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kɑːɾ.wɑːn.sa.ˈɾɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɒːɹ.vɒːn.sæ.ɹɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɔɾ.vɔn.sä.ɾɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | kārwānsarā |
Dari reading? | kārwānsarā |
Iranian reading? | kârvânsarâ |
Tajik reading? | korvonsaro |
Noun
[edit]Dari | کاروانسرا |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | корвонсаро |
کاروانسرا • (kârvânsarâ) (plural کاروانسراها (kârvânsarâ-hâ))
- caravanserai
- Synonym: خان (xân)
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: քարվանսարա (kʻarvansara)
- → 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