sarwan

English

Etymology

From Persian ساربان.

Noun

sarwan (plural sarwans)

  1. One who drives a camel.
    • 1984, James Baillie Fraser, Narrative of a Journey Into Khorasan in the Years 1821 and 1822, Oxford, page 366:
      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.

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