Etymology

Kairouan

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Today it means: A city in Tunisia. Full definition →

French Kairouan ← Arabic الْقَيْرَوَان ← Middle Persian kʾlwʾn'
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The story

  1. Middle Persian · derived fromkʾlwʾn'
  2. Arabic · derived fromالْقَيْرَوَان
  3. French · borrowed fromKairouan
  4. English todayKairouan

Borrowed from French Kairouan, from Arabic الْقَيْرَوَان (al-qayrawān), definite form of قَيْرَوَان (qayrawān, “caravan”), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān); see there for more. Doublet of caravan.

Words from the same roots

Middle Persiankʾlwʾn' all →

caravan

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