sarwan

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noun

One who drives a camel.

OriginPersian ساربان →
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Meanings

nounsarwan (plural sarwans)

plural sarwans

  1. One who drives a camel.

    His camel lay dying upon the road, attended by one of his men: we could be of little use, but we reared the beast upon its legs, a measure deemed essential to its recovery, and each sarwan as he passed tendered his opinion and advice.

    1984, James Baillie Fraser, Narrative of a Journey Into Khorasan in the Years 1821 and 1822, Oxford, page 366

Origin

  1. Persianساربان
  2. Persianساربان
  3. Englishsarwan

Borrowed from Persian ساربان.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

naswar
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