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Central Kurdish
Pronunciation
Noun
Northern Kurdish
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karwan
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Central Kurdish
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کاروان (karwan)
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کاروان (karwan)
- caravan (a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān, “caravan; military column”). See descendants there.
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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kārwān
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Dari reading?
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kārwān
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Iranian reading?
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kârvân, kârevân, kâravân
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Tajik reading?
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korvon
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Noun
Dari
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کاروان
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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корвон
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کارْوان or کاروان or کاروان • (kârvân or kârevân or kâravân) (plural کاروانها (kârvân-hâ))
- caravan
- convoy
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کاروان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kārawān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press