köken: 17th century, from Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray), from Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây), from کاروان (kârvân, “caravan”) + سرای (sarây, “courtyard, dwelling, palace”). Reanalysed as Karawane + -s- + -erei, whence the feminine gender. Compare the English variant caravansary.
köken: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray), from Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây), from کاروان (kârvân, “caravan”) + سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”). See caravane and sérail.
caravanserai (an inn having a central courtyard where caravans can rest) · mess (chaotic arrangement of things)
çekim: çoğul caravançarás
eş: caravançarai, caravancerá
köken: Borrowed from French caravansérail, from Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray), from Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây).
köken: Borrowed from French caravansérail, from Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray), from Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây), from کاروان (kârvân, “caravan”) + سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”). Doublet of carvasara.