كارخانه

See also: کارخانہ, کارخانه, and كرخانة

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• كرخانه (kerhane) — colloquial

Etymology

From Persian کارخانه (kârxâne), equivalent to كار (kâr, “business”) +‎ خانه (hane, “house”). Perhaps conflated with Persian قر (qar, “whore; coquetry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /caɾhaˈnɛ/

Noun

كارخانه • (kârhane)

1. factory, workshop

   Synonym: فابریقه (fabrika)

2. (colloquial) whorehouse, brothel

Descendants

• 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