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12-letter words (1 found)

CARAVANSERAI,

10-letter words (3 found)

ARRIVANCES,CARAVANERS,SARRACENIA,

9-letter words (4 found)

ARRIVANCE,CAESARIAN,CARAVANER,VARIANCES,

8-letter words (11 found)

ACARINES,ANASARCA,AVARICES,CANARIES,CANVASER,CARAVANS,CAVIARES,CESARIAN,SACRARIA,SARCINAE,VARIANCE,

7-letter words (39 found)

ACARIAN,ACARINE,ACRASIA,ACRASIN,AIRVACS,ARAARAS,ARCANAS,ARCSINE,ARNICAS,ARRIVES,ARSENIC,AVARICE,AVENIRS,CARAVAN,CARINAE,CARINAS,CARNIER,CARNIES,CARRIES,CARVERS,CARVIES,CAVERNS,CAVIARE,CAVIARS,CAVIERS,CERASIN,CRAVENS,CRAVERS,CRIVENS,INCAVES,RAVINES,SARCINA,SAVARIN,SCARIER,SIERRAN,SNARIER,VARICES,VARIERS,VISCERA,

6-letter words (101 found)

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5-letter words (155 found)

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4-letter words (141 found)

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3-letter words (71 found)

AAS,ACE,AIA,AIN,AIR,AIS,ANA,ANE,ANI,ANS,ARC,ARE,ARS,AVA,AVE,CAA,CAN,CAR,CIS,EAN,EAR,EAS,ENS,ERA,ERN,ERR,ERS,ICE,INS,IRE,NAE,NAS,NAV,NIE,NIS,RAI,RAN,RAS,RAV,REC,REI,REN,RES,REV,RIA,RIN,SAC,SAE,SAI,SAN,SAR,SAV,SEA,SEC,SEI,SEN,SER,SEV,SIC,SIN,SIR,SRI,VAC,VAE,VAN,VAR,VAS,VIA,VIE,VIN,VIS,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AE,AI,AN,AR,AS,EA,EN,ER,ES,IN,IS,NA,NE,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 543 words from caravanserai according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caravanserai

caravanserai

Etymology

Borrowed:

  • 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 [script needed] (kārvān-serā); 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”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkæɹəˈvænsəɹaɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɛɹəˈvænsəˌɹaɪ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧van‧ser‧ai

Noun

caravanserai (plural caravanserais)

  2. (chiefly historical) A roadside inn, usually having a central courtyard where caravans (see sense 3) can rest, providing accommodation for travellers along trade routes in Asia and North Africa.
  3. (by extension) A place resembling a caravanserai (sense 1) as being a place for resting temporarily, or a meeting place (especially one that is busy, or where people of different cultures encounter each other).
  5. (by extension) Synonym of caravan (“a convoy of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and pack animals”)
  6. (by extension, archaic) A hostelry, an inn; also (humorous), an (upscale) hotel.

Alternative forms

  • caravansarai, caravanseray, caravansaray (variant spellings)
  • caravansary, caravansery (anglicizations after -ary, -ery)

Synonyms

  • (inn for caravans): See Thesaurus:lodging place

Derived terms

  • caravanserial (obsolete, rare)

Related terms

  • caravan

Translations

References

Further reading

  • caravanserai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Eric Partridge (1966) “caravan; caravanserai, anglicized as caravansary”, in Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, 4th edition, Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, published 2006, →ISBN, page 728.
  • Eleanor Sims (1978) “Trade and Travel: Markets and Caravanserais”, in George Michell, editor, Architecture of the Islamic World – Its History and Social Meaning […], London: Thames and Hudson, →ISBN, pages 80–111.
  • Robert Hillenbrand (1994) “The Caravanserai”, in Islamic Architecture: Form, Function and Meaning, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN.

Romanian

Etymology

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.

Noun

caravanserai n (plural caravanseraiuri)

  1. caravanserai

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org