See caravanserai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "kārwānsarā",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
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"word": "كَارْوَانْسَرَا"
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "خَان"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻarvansara",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "քարվանսարա"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karvansara"
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"code": "ba",
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "ҡарауанһарай"
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"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karabansaraia"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "kêrabhanśorai",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "ক্যারাভানসরাই"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kervansaráj",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "кервансара́й"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāngduì lǚguǎn",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "商隊旅館 /商队旅馆"
},
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "kervansaray"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavansaraj"
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{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserai"
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{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserai"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserajo"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavaaniseralji"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "karvasla",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "ქარვასლა"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
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],
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "καραβανσεράι"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "חאן"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"word": "कारवां सराय"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserai"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavansari"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "キャラバンサライ"
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"code": "kk",
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "керуен сарай"
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "캐러밴서라이"
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"word": "керивансарай"
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"code": "ckb",
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"word": "کاروانسەرا"
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "کاروانسرا"
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],
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "караван-сара́й"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каравансара́й"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "каравансарај"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserail"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanseraj"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caravasar"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanseraj"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "korvonsaroy",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "корвонсарой"
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{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kēravaṉcerāy",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "கேரவன்செராய்"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "kärwansaray",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "кәрвансарай"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "สถานีคาราวาน"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "kervansaray"
},
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
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"word": "kerwensaraý"
},
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "karaván-saráj",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "карава́н-сара́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kārvā̃ sarāy",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "کارواں سرائے"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
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"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "karwan saray",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "كارۋان ساراي"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
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"word": "karvonsaroy"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karovöp"
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"_dis1": "73 6 5 17",
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"text": "They stopped at the most memorable places, and at last arrived at Rome, where a princess vacated her palace for their accommodation and so many louis-d'or a-month. Rome, once the mistress, is now the caravanseray of the world.",
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"text": "Casting my fortunes at Mrs. Thompson's, I soon became initiated into the etiquette and usage of that polite caravansary; and I now write of that era of two-pronged forks, and when \"saveall\" was the choicest dish, and the observances at the table not altogether Chesterfieldian.",
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"text": "When we got to Cromley, it was too early to go to the spike, and we walked several miles farther, to a plantation beside a meadow, where one could sit down. It was a regular caravanserai of tramps—one could tell it by the worn grass and the sodden newspaper and rusty cans that they had left behind.",
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{
"ipa": "/ˌkɛɹəˈvænsəˌɹaɪ/",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "inn for caravans",
"word": "lodging place"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karvanserai"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karvansaraj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kārwānsarā",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كَارْوَانْسَرَا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵān",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "خَان"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻarvansara",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "քարվանսարա"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karvansara"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "qarawanharay",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "ҡарауанһарай"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karabansaraia"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "kêrabhanśorai",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "ক্যারাভানসরাই"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kervansaráj",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кервансара́й"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caravanserrall"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāngduì lǚguǎn",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "商隊旅館 /商队旅馆"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "kervansaray"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavansaraj"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserai"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanestation"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserai"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserajo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavaaniseralji"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caravansérail"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caravasar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "karvasla",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "ქარვასლა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Karawanserei"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "karavanserái",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "καραβανσεράι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "חאן"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kārvā̃ sarāy",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "कारवां सराय"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavánszeráj"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserayo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserai"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavansari"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caravanserraglio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyarabansarai",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "キャラバンサライ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "keruen sarai",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "керуен сарай"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kaereobaenseorai",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "캐러밴서라이"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "keriwansaray",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "керивансарай"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "karwansera",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "کاروانسەرا"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "karwansera"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "karwanseray"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kerben-saray",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "кербен-сарай"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavansarajus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "karvansaraj",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "карвансарај"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavaneserai"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavane-serai"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserai"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavane-serai"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "caravanserralh"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "kārwānsarãy",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "کاروان سراى"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kârvân-sarâ",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "کاروانسرا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kârevânsarây",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "کاروانسرای"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tim",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "تیم"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "karawanseraj"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caravançarai"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "caravançará"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "caravancerá"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "caravanserai"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "karavan-saráj",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "караван-сара́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "karavansaráj",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каравансара́й"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "каравансарај"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "karavansaraj"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanserail"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanseraj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caravasar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caravansaray"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanseraj"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "korvonsaroy",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "корвонсарой"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kēravaṉcerāy",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "கேரவன்செராய்"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "kärwansaray",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "кәрвансарай"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "สถานีคาราวาน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "kervansaray"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "kerwensaraý"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "karaván-saráj",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "карава́н-сара́й"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kārvā̃ sarāy",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "کارواں سرائے"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "karwan saray",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "كارۋان ساراي"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karvonsaroy"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karovöp"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavaanseray"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "roadside inn usually having a central courtyard where caravans can rest",
"word": "karavanseray"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "resting place",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place resembling a caravanserai (sense 1) as being a place for resting temporarily, or a meeting place",
"word": "levähdyspaikka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "meeting place",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place resembling a caravanserai (sense 1) as being a place for resting temporarily, or a meeting place",
"word": "kohtauspaikka"
}
],
"word": "caravanserai"
}
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