कारवाँ
Hindi
कारवाँ (a caravan of travellers on camels)
कारवाँ (vehicle)
Etymology
- Borrowed from Classical Persian کاروان (kārwān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kʾlwʾn' /kārawān/), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r /kāra-/, “the people, army”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”). Doublet of कारज़ार (kārzār) > Persian کارزار (kārzār), from same Proto-Indo-European root.
- Sense as “caravan (vehicle)” conflated with English caravan, a cognate.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑːɾ.ʋɑ̃ː/, [käːɾ.ʋä̃ː]
Noun
कारवाँ • (kārvā̃) m (Urdu spelling کارواں)
Declension
Declension of कारवाँ (masc ā̃-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कारवाँ kārvā̃ |
कारवें kārvẽ |
| oblique | कारवें kārvẽ |
कारवों kārvõ |
| vocative | कारवें kārvẽ |
कारवों kārvõ |
Derived terms
- कारवाँ उतरना (kārvā̃ utarnā)
- कारवाँ के कारवाँ (kārvā̃ ke kārvā̃)
- कारवाँ-कारवाँ (kārvā̃-kārvā̃)
- कारवाँ-दर-कारवाँ (kārvā̃-dar-kārvā̃)
- कारवाँ-बाशी (kārvā̃-bāśī)
- गर्द-ए-कारवाँ (gard-e-kārvā̃)
Related terms
- कारवाँ-सराय (kārvā̃-sarāy)
- कारवाँ-सालार (kārvā̃-sālār)
- कारवानी (kārvānī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कारवाँ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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