कारवाँ

Hindi

कारवाँ (a caravan of travellers on camels)

कारवाँ (vehicle)

Alternative forms

• कारवां (kārvā̃)
• कारवान (kārvān) (rare)

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) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾ.ʋɑ̃ː/, [käːɾ.ʋä̃ː]

Noun

कारवाँ • (kārvā̃) m (Urdu spelling کارواں)

1. caravan (of packed animals, especially of camels)
2. convoy or caravan (of travellers or merchants)

   Synonym: क़ाफ़िला (qāfilā)

3. caravan (furnished vehicle towed behind car etc.)

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