caravansary

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caravansary

/ˌkæɹəˈvænsəɹi/ UK
/ˌkɛɹəˈvænsəɹi/ US

Where it comes from

Anglicization of caravanserai, influenced by -ary, -ery (suffix denoting ‘place of’), as if meaning “place of caravans” by reanalysis as caravan + -s- (interfix) + -ary, -ery.

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* German Karawanserei

noun caravansaries

alternative Alternative spelling of caravanserai A dervise travelling through Tartary, being arrived at the town of Balk, went into the king's palace by mistake, as thinking it to be a public inn, or caravansary. […] It happened that the king himself passed through the gallery during this debate, and, smiling at the mistake of the dervise, asked h

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@misc{caravansary_2026,
  title = {caravansary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caravansary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}