caravansérail

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray), from Persian (kârvânsarây), from (kârvân, “caravan”) + (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”). See caravane and sérail.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ka.ʁa.vɑ̃.se.ʁaj/

Noun[edit]

caravansérail m (plural caravansérails)

caravanserai

Further reading[edit]

“caravansérail”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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