karavan

karavan (plural karavans)

1. Obsolete spelling of caravan.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaravan]

karavan m inan

1. caravan (UK)

• “karavan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “karavan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “karavan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “karavan”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

• IPA^(key): /karǎʋaːn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧van

karàvān m inan (Cyrillic spelling кара̀ва̄н)

1. caravan (vehicle)

karavan c

1. a caravan (camel train or group traveling together in a similar manner)

• → Finnish: karavaani

• kamel (“camel”)
• karavanseraj (“caravanserai”)
• tåg (“train”)
• öken (“desert”)

• karavan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• karavan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• karavan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from French caravane, from Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān). Doublet of kervan, an earlier and direct borrowing from Persian کاروان (kârvân).

• IPA^(key): /kɑ.ɾɑˈvɑn/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧van

karavan (definite accusative karavanı, plural karavanlar)

1. caravan (a furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary)

• kervan