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Webster 1913 Edition

Caravansary

Carˊa-van′sa-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Caravansaries
(#)
.
[F.
caravansérai
, fr. Per.
karwānsarāï
;
karwān
caravan +
-sarāï
palace, large house, inn.]
A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court.
[Written also
caravanserai
and
caravansera
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Caravansary

CARAVANSARY

,
Noun.
A place appointed for receiving and loading caravans; a kind of inn, where the caravans res at night, being a large square building, with a spacious court in the middle.

Definition 2025

caravansary

caravansary

English

Noun

caravansary ‎(plural caravanserai)

  1. Alternative spelling of caravanserai

References

  1. ↑ Eric Partridge, Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, p. 728

Etymology

Anglicization of caravanserai[1] (from Persian), influenced by -ery ‎(“place of”), as if “place of caravans” by misanalysis caravan + -s- ‎(“(interfix)”) + -ary.

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