کاروانسرا

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From (kârvân) +‎ (sarâ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaːɾ.waːn.sa.ˈɾaː/

(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


Iranian Persian	کاروانسرا
Dari	کاروانسرا
Tajik	корвонсаро

کاروانسرا • (kârvânsarâ) (plural کاروانسراها)

caravanserai
Synonym: خان (xân)

Descendants

→ Armenian: քարվանսարա (kʻarvansara)
→ Azerbaijani: karvansara
→ Georgian: ქარვასლა (karvasla)

(via (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