Middle Persian

Noun

kʾlwʾn' • ‎(kārawān)

1. caravan
2. military column

Derived terms

• kʾlwʾnyk' ‎(kārawānīg)

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: կարաւան ‎(karawan)
  • Armenian: քարավան ‎(kʿaravan)
• Persian: کاروان ‎(kârvân), کاربان ‎(kârbân)
  • → Arabic: قيروان ‎(qayrawān, qayruwān), القيروان ‎(al-Qayrawān, al-Qayruwān)
    • → English: Kairouan
  • → Azeri: karvan / کاروان
  • → Georgian: ქარავანი ‎(karavani)
  • → Greek: καραβάνι ‎(karaváni)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: कारवाँ ‎(kārvān)
    • Urdu: کاروان ‎(kārvān)
  • → Middle Armenian: քարւան ‎(kʿarwan)
  • → Medieval Latin: caravana
    • Portuguese: caravana
    • Spanish: caravana
  • → Old French: carvane
    • French: caravane
      • → English: caravan
        • → Turkish: karavan
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كاروان ‎(kârvân), كاربان ‎(kârbân)
    • Turkish: kervan
  • → Turkmen: kerwen
  • → Uyghur: كارۋان ‎(karwan)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kārawān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կարաւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 547
• Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971