Karvansara was a village in the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Talin district, in the present Armavir province. It was located on the southern slopes of Alagoz Mountain. The village was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 136 in 1873, 155 in 1886, 184 in 1897, 140 in 1908, 148 in 1914, 288 Azerbaijanis in 1916 and 210 Azerbaijanis in January 1918. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or ousted from the village by Armenian armed units in March 1918. The village was abolished in 1920. It lies in ruins now.

The toponym was coined by combining the words “carvan” meaning “a group of camels” and “saray” meaning in Turkic “a house, a building”. The toponym means “a village with an inn and a central courtyard for travelers and animals”. The toponym was formed on the basis of the word “carvansara” to denote a building on a trade road”.