کاروانسرا

Persian

کاروانسرایی در بیابان

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From 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 (kʻarvansara)
• → Azerbaijani: karvansara
• → Georgian: ქარვასლა (karvasla)

(via کاروانسرای (kārwānsarāy)):

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कारवां सराय (kārvā̃ sarāy)

  Urdu: کارواں سَرائے (kārvā̃ sarāe)

• → Ottoman Turkish: كاروانسَرای (karvanseray) (see there for further descendants)
• → Punjabi: کارواں سَرائے (kāroāṉ sarā'e)
• → Turkmen: kerwensaraý
• → Uzbek: karvonsaroy