caravanserai

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*terh₂-“to cross over; to pass through; to overcome”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ker-“army”
3. Persian · borrowed fromکاروانسرای
4. Old Anatolian Turkish · derived fromكاروانسرای
5. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromكاروانسَرای
6. Middle French · borrowed fromcarvansera
7. English todaycaravanserai

Borrowed either: * from Middle French carvansera, carvassera (modern French caravansérail, carauanserrail (obsolete), caravansara (obsolete)); or * directly from its etymon Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray) (modern Turkish kervansaray), from Old Anatolian Turkish كاروانسرای (kārvān-serāy); or * directly from its etymon Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây), from کاروان (kârvân, “caravan; convoy”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”)) + سرای (sarây, “courtyard, hall; dwelling, house; inn; mansion, palace”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to cross over; to pass through; to overcome”). Cognates * Dutch karavanserai, carewansera (obsolete) * German Karawanserei, Caravansera (obsolete) * Italian caravanserraglio, carvasarà (obsolete), carvanserà (obsolete) * Portuguese caravançará, caravançarai * Spanish caravasar

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