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Middle Persian
Etymology
From Old Persian *kāravā.
Noun
kʾlwʾn' • (/kārawān/)
- military column
- caravan
Derived terms
- (kʾlwʾnyk' /kārawānīg/)
Descendants
- Persian: کاروان (kârvân), کارْبان (kârbân) (see there for further descendants)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kārawān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարաւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 547
- Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971