كروان
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Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کروان (karwān).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːn
Noun
كَرَوَان or كَرْوَان or كِرْوَان • (karawān or karwān or kirwān) m (plural كَرَاوِين (karāwīn))
- curlew (a bird in the Burhinus as well as the Numenius genus)
- a. 800, أبو زيد سعيد بن أوس الأنصاري, كتاب النوادر:Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften (in German), volume 3, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, page 484:
- يَا كَرَوَانًا ضُكَّ فَأَكْبَأَنَّا
فَشَنَّ بِٱلسَلْخِ فَلَمَّا شَنَّا … بَلَّ ٱلذُنَابَى عَبَسًا مُبِنَّا- yā karawānan ḍukka faʔakbaʔannā
fašanna bi-s-salḵi falammā šannā … balla ḏ-ḏunābā ʕabasan mubinnā - You thick-knee! Which when bumped will clew and toss dung and having hurled … moistens the tail with sticky soil!
- yā karawānan ḍukka faʔakbaʔannā
- a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات , Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1849, page 424 l. 4:
Declension
Declension of noun كَرَوَان (karawān); كَرْوَان (karwān); كِرْوَان (kirwān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كَرَوَان; كَرْوَان; كِرْوَان karawān; karwān; kirwān |
الْكَرَوَان; الْكَرْوَان; الْكِرْوَان al-karawān; al-karwān; al-kirwān |
كَرَوَان; كَرْوَان; كِرْوَان karawān; karwān; kirwān |
| Nominative | كَرَوَانٌ; كَرْوَانٌ; كِرْوَانٌ karawānun; karwānun; kirwānun |
الْكَرَوَانُ; الْكَرْوَانُ; الْكِرْوَانُ al-karawānu; al-karwānu; al-kirwānu |
كَرَوَانُ; كَرْوَانُ; كِرْوَانُ karawānu; karwānu; kirwānu |
| Accusative | كَرَوَانًا; كَرْوَانًا; كِرْوَانًا karawānan; karwānan; kirwānan |
الْكَرَوَانَ; الْكَرْوَانَ; الْكِرْوَانَ al-karawāna; al-karwāna; al-kirwāna |
كَرَوَانَ; كَرْوَانَ; كِرْوَانَ karawāna; karwāna; kirwāna |
| Genitive | كَرَوَانٍ; كَرْوَانٍ; كِرْوَانٍ karawānin; karwānin; kirwānin |
الْكَرَوَانِ; الْكَرْوَانِ; الْكِرْوَانِ al-karawāni; al-karwāni; al-kirwāni |
كَرَوَانِ; كَرْوَانِ; كِرْوَانِ karawāni; karwāni; kirwāni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | كَرَوَانَيْن; كَرْوَانَيْن; كِرْوَانَيْن karawānayn; karwānayn; kirwānayn |
الْكَرَوَانَيْن; الْكَرْوَانَيْن; الْكِرْوَانَيْن al-karawānayn; al-karwānayn; al-kirwānayn |
كَرَوَانَيْ; كَرْوَانَيْ; كِرْوَانَيْ karawānay; karwānay; kirwānay |
| Nominative | كَرَوَانَانِ; كَرْوَانَانِ; كِرْوَانَانِ karawānāni; karwānāni; kirwānāni |
الْكَرَوَانَانِ; الْكَرْوَانَانِ; الْكِرْوَانَانِ al-karawānāni; al-karwānāni; al-kirwānāni |
كَرَوَانَا; كَرْوَانَا; كِرْوَانَا karawānā; karwānā; kirwānā |
| Accusative | كَرَوَانَيْنِ; كَرْوَانَيْنِ; كِرْوَانَيْنِ karawānayni; karwānayni; kirwānayni |
الْكَرَوَانَيْنِ; الْكَرْوَانَيْنِ; الْكِرْوَانَيْنِ al-karawānayni; al-karwānayni; al-kirwānayni |
كَرَوَانَيْ; كَرْوَانَيْ; كِرْوَانَيْ karawānay; karwānay; kirwānay |
| Genitive | كَرَوَانَيْنِ; كَرْوَانَيْنِ; كِرْوَانَيْنِ karawānayni; karwānayni; kirwānayni |
الْكَرَوَانَيْنِ; الْكَرْوَانَيْنِ; الْكِرْوَانَيْنِ al-karawānayni; al-karwānayni; al-kirwānayni |
كَرَوَانَيْ; كَرْوَانَيْ; كِرْوَانَيْ karawānay; karwānay; kirwānay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كَرَاوِين karāwīn |
الْكَرَاوِين al-karāwīn |
كَرَاوِين karāwīn |
| Nominative | كَرَاوِينُ karāwīnu |
الْكَرَاوِينُ al-karāwīnu |
كَرَاوِينُ karāwīnu |
| Accusative | كَرَاوِينَ karāwīna |
الْكَرَاوِينَ al-karāwīna |
كَرَاوِينَ karāwīna |
| Genitive | كَرَاوِينَ karāwīna |
الْكَرَاوِينِ al-karāwīni |
كَرَاوِينِ karāwīni |
Descendants
- → Aragonese: algaraván
- → Asturian: algaraván
- → Portuguese: alcaravão, algarvão, algorabão, algoravão, algorovão, algrouvão, algorouvão, alguervão, algrouvão, algrivão, algovão
- → Spanish: alcaraván
- → Ottoman Turkish: كروان (kervan)
- Turkish: kervan
References
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1102, where Burhinus oedicnemus
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2019), “alcaraván”, in Dictionnaire des emprunts ibéro-romans. Emprunts à l’arabe et aux langues du Monde Islamique (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 79
- Ullmann, Manfred (1959–1970) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band I (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 163–164
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From older كاروان (karvan), Old Anatolian Turkish كاروان (karvan), from Classical Persian کاروان (kārwān).
Alternative forms
Noun
كروان • (kervan)
Descendants
- Turkish: kervan
- → Albanian: karvan
- → Armenian: քէվրան (kʻēvran), քէրվան (kʻērvan), քյա̈րվան (kʻyärvan)
- → Bulgarian: керван (kervan), карван (karvan)
- → Romanian: chervan
- → Greek: καραβάνι (karaváni)
Etymology 2
From Arabic كَرْوَان (karwān).
Noun
كروان • (kervan)
- A kind of bird, possibly a bustard or stone curlew.
Descendants
- Turkish: kervan
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kervan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كروان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1541