կարաւան

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān).

Noun

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կարաւան (karawan)

  1. caravan
  2. army
    • 5th century, Ełišē, Vasn Vardanay ew Hayocʻ paterazmin [History of Vardan and the Armenian War] :[1]
      Եւ իբրեւ եհաս նամակն յարքունիս, եւ ընթերցան ի մեծի խոնաստանի յանդիման ամենայն բազմութեան կարաւանին, բազումք այնոքիկ էին՝ որ իբրեւ լսէին՝ գովէին զպատասխանիսն։
      Ew ibrew ehas namakn yarkʻunis, ew əntʻercʻan i meci xonastani yandiman amenayn bazmutʻean karawanin, bazumkʻ aynokʻik ēin, or ibrew lsēin, govēin zpatasxanisn.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        When the letter reached the court and was read in the great hall in the presence of the whole host of the army, many were they who on hearing it praised the answer.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: քարավան (kʻaravan)

References

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  1. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1982) Ełišē, History of Vardan and the Armenian War (Harvard Armenian texts and studies; 5)‎[1], Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Harvard University Press, page 93

Further reading

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարաւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարաւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կարաւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press