The story
- French · borrowed fromtack-ravan
- Classical Persian · borrowed fromتَخْتِ رَوَان
- English todaytakhtrawan
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَخْتِ رَوَان (taxt-i rawān), partially via French tack-ravan, from تَخْت (taxt, “throne, elevated seat or bed”) + رَوَان (rawān, walking, travelling, mobile).
First known use, by meaning
- 1671 A covered litter carried by a pair of animals.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.