caravan

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From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”). The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: karavaan — convoy or procession
• Albanian: karavan — convoy or procession
• Arabic: قَافِلَة (qāfila) — convoy or procession
• Arabic: قافلة (ʔāfila) — convoy or procession
• Armenian: քարավան (kʻaravan) — convoy or procession
• Azerbaijani: karvan — convoy or procession
• Belarusian: карава́н (karaván) — convoy or procession
• Bengali: কাফেলা (kaphela) — convoy or procession
• Bengali: কারওয়ান (karōẇan) — convoy or procession
• Bulgarian: керва́н (kerván) — convoy or procession
• Chinese Cantonese: 商隊 /商队 (soeng1 deoi6) — convoy or procession
• Chinese Mandarin: 商隊 /商队 (shāngduì) — convoy or procession
• Czech: karavana — convoy or procession
• Danish: karavane — convoy or procession
• Dutch: karavaan — convoy or procession
• Esperanto: karavano — convoy or procession
• Finnish: karavaani — convoy or procession
• French: caravane — convoy or procession
• Georgian: ქარავანი (karavani) — convoy or procession
• German: Karawane — convoy or procession
• Greek: καραβάνι (karaváni) — convoy or procession
• Ancient Greek: συνοδία (sunodía) — convoy or procession
• Gujarati: કારવાં (kārvā̃) — convoy or procession
• Gujarati: કાફલો (kāphlo) — convoy or procession
• Hebrew: שיירה (shaiara) — convoy or procession
• Hebrew: אוֹרְחָה (orkha) — convoy or procession
• Hindi: क़ाफ़िला (qāfilā) — convoy or procession
• Hindi: काफिला (kāphilā) — convoy or procession
• Hindi: कारवाँ (kārvā̃) — convoy or procession
• Hungarian: karaván — convoy or procession
• Hungarian: konvoj — convoy or procession
• Indonesian: kafilah — convoy or procession
• Indonesian: karavan — convoy or procession
• Irish: carbhán — convoy or procession
• Italian: carovana — convoy or procession
• Japanese: 隊商 (taishō) — convoy or procession
• Japanese: キャラバン (kyaraban) — convoy or procession
• Kazakh: керуен (keruen) — convoy or procession
• Korean: 대상 (daesang) — convoy or procession
• Korean: 카라반 (karaban) — convoy or procession
• Central Kurdish: کاروان (karwan) — convoy or procession
• Northern Kurdish: karwan — convoy or procession
• Kyrgyz: караван (karavan) — convoy or procession
• Kyrgyz: кербен (kerben) — convoy or procession
• Macedonian: карава́н (karaván) — convoy or procession
• Malay: kafilah — convoy or procession
• Malay: karavan — convoy or procession
• Mongolian: жингийн цуваа (žingiin cuvaa) — convoy or procession
• Mongolian: худалдааны хөсөг (xudaldaany xösög) — convoy or procession
• Norman: caravanne — convoy or procession
• Norwegian Bokmål: karavane — convoy or procession
• Norwegian Nynorsk: karavane — convoy or procession
• Pashto: قافله (qāfela) — convoy or procession
• Pashto: کاروان (kārwān) — convoy or procession
• Persian: کارْوان (kârvân) — convoy or procession
• Persian: قافِلِه (qâfele) — convoy or procession
• Middle Persian: kʾlwʾn' (kārawān) — convoy or procession
• Polish: karawana — convoy or procession
• Portuguese: caravana — convoy or procession
• Portuguese: cáfila — convoy or procession
• Punjabi: ਕਾਫ਼ਲਾ (kāflā) — convoy or procession
• Punjabi: ਕਾਰਵਾਂ (kārvā̃) — convoy or procession
• Romanian: caravană — convoy or procession
• Russian: карава́н (karaván) — convoy or procession
• Rwanda-Rundi: caravaneer — convoy or procession
• Rwanda-Rundi: caravan — convoy or procession
• Scottish Gaelic: carabhan — convoy or procession
• Serbo-Croatian: каравана — convoy or procession
• Serbo-Croatian: karavana — convoy or procession
• Sindhi: ڪاروان (kārvā̃) — convoy or procession
• Slovak: karavána — convoy or procession
• Slovene: karavana — convoy or procession
• Spanish: caravana — convoy or procession
• Spanish: cáfila — convoy or procession
• Tagalog: karabana — convoy or procession
• Tajik: корвон (korvon) — convoy or procession
• Tajik: қофила (qofila) — convoy or procession
• Turkish: kervan — convoy or procession
• Turkmen: kerwen — convoy or procession
• Ukrainian: карава́н (karaván) — convoy or procession
• Urdu: قافِلَہ (qāfila) — convoy or procession
• Urdu: کارْواں (kārvā̃) — convoy or procession
• Uyghur: كارۋان (karwan) — convoy or procession
• Uzbek: karvon — convoy or procession
• Uzbek: qofila — convoy or procession
• Vietnamese: thương đội — convoy or procession
• Afrikaans: woonwa — vehicle
• Afrikaans: karavaan — vehicle
• Arabic: مَقْطُورَة (maqṭūra) — vehicle
• Bulgarian: карава́на (karavána) — vehicle
• Bulgarian: фурго́н (furgón) — vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 拖掛房車 /拖挂房车 (tuōguà fángchē) — vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 旅行拖車 /旅行拖车 (lǚxíng tuōchē) — vehicle
• Czech: karavan — vehicle
• Danish: campingvogn — vehicle
• Dutch: caravan — vehicle
• Dutch: sleurhut — vehicle
• Dutch: woonwagen — vehicle
• Estonian: haagiselamu — vehicle
• Faroese: kampingvognur — vehicle
• Finnish: asuntovaunu — vehicle
• Finnish: matkailuvaunu — vehicle
• French: caravane — vehicle
• French: roulotte — vehicle
• German: Wohnwagen — vehicle
• German: Caravan — vehicle
• Greek: τροχόσπιτο (trochóspito) — vehicle
• Gujarati: કારવાં (kārvā̃) — vehicle
• Gujarati: કાફલો (kāphlo) — vehicle
• Hawaiian: kaʻa hale — vehicle
• Hebrew: קָרָווָן (qaravan) — vehicle
• Hungarian: lakókocsi — vehicle
• Irish: carbhán — vehicle
• Italian: roulotte — vehicle
• Italian: caravan — vehicle
• Japanese: キャンピングトレーラー (kyanpingu torērā) — vehicle
• Japanese: トラベルトレーラー (toraberu torērā) — vehicle
• Northern Kurdish: karavan — vehicle
• Macedonian: приколка (prikolka) — vehicle
• Macedonian: камп-приколка (kamp-prikolka) — vehicle
• Mongolian: гэр чиргүүл (ger čirgüül) — vehicle
• Norwegian Bokmål: campingvogn — vehicle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: campingvogn — vehicle
• Polish: przyczepa kempingowa — vehicle
• Polish: przyczepa campingowa — vehicle
• Portuguese: trailer — vehicle
• Portuguese: caravana — vehicle
• Portuguese: rulote — vehicle
• Portuguese: roulotte — vehicle
• Punjabi: ਕੈਰਾਵੈਨ (kairāvain) — vehicle
• Romanian: rulotă — vehicle
• Russian: автодо́м (avtodóm) — vehicle
• Russian: ке́мпер (kémper) — vehicle
• Russian: автода́ча (avtodáča) — vehicle
• Russian: карава́н (karaván) — vehicle
• Russian: фурго́н (furgón) — vehicle
• Russian: тре́йлер (trɛ́jler) — vehicle
• Scottish Gaelic: carabhan — vehicle
• Serbo-Croatian: караван — vehicle
• Serbo-Croatian: karavan — vehicle
• Sindhi: ڪاروان (kārvā̃) — vehicle
• Sotho: kharavane — vehicle
• Swedish: husvagn — vehicle
• Swedish: campingvagn — vehicle
• Turkish: karavan — vehicle
• Welsh: carafán — vehicle