كارخانه

See also: کارخانہ, کارخانه, and كرخانة

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

كرخانه (kerhane) — colloquial
քեարխանէ (kârhane), քէրխանէ (kerhane), քէրհանէ (kerhane) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (kârxâne), equivalent to كار (kâr, “business”) +‎ خانه (hane, “house”). Perhaps conflated with Persian (qar, “whore; coquetry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /caɾhaˈnɛ/

Noun

كارخانه • (kârhane)

factory, workshop
Synonym: فابریقه (fabrika)
(colloquial) whorehouse, brothel

Descendants

Turkish: kerhane (“brothel”)
→ Arabic: كَرَخَانَة (karaḵāna, “brothel”)
→ Aromanian: kiurhan (“prostitute”)
→ Bulgarian: керхана́ (kerhaná, “brothel”)
→ Romanian: cherhaná (“factory”)
→ Serbo-Croatian: (“factory; brothel”)
Cyrillic script: ћерха̀на

Latin script: ćerhàna