araban.

Brit.

/əˈrɑːbə/, U.S.

/əˈrɑbə/

Forms:

α. 1700s– arabah, 1800s aroba, 1800s aruba, 1800s arubah, 1800s– araba.

β. 1800s– arba, 1900s– arbah.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Turkish. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Partly a borrowing from Russian. Partly also a borrowing from German. Etymons: Ottoman Turkish araba; Persian arāba; Russian arba; German Arba.

Etymology: In α. forms partly < (i) Ottoman Turkish araba, ʿaraba cart (14th cent.; Turkish araba , now also in sense ‘motor car’), later also in sense ‘gun carriage’, and partly < (ii) Persian arāba, aroba; the precise relationship between the Turkish and Persian words and their ulterior etymology are uncertain and disputed. In β. forms < (iii) Russian arba cart, carriage (17th cent. in Old Russian; < a form in a Turkic language, probably Tatar arba ); in quot. 1814 via German Arba (1812 in the source translated, or earlier).

Now historical.

Esp. in the former Ottoman Empire, Persia (now Iran), and the Caucasus: any of various types of cart or carriage.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > other carriages

dilly1786

telegraph1799

araba1814

station wagon1868

rumbelow1881

1783 F. Gladwin tr. A. Allâmî Ayeen Akbery I. i. 198 Formerly, for every ten Arabahs or carts, there were twenty Arabcheen, or carters, appointed, together with a carpenter.

1814 F. Shoberl tr. J. Klaproth Trav. Caucasus & Georgia xxvi. 327 The men always travel on horseback, but the women in arbas [Ger. Arben]..drawn by oxen.

1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo vii. 121 The many troops of children [in Constantinople]..dragged about in little queer arobas, or painted carriages, which are there kept for hire.

1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead ii. 45 The men were..hauling stone in creaking arabas drawn by bullocks.

1922 Asia June 477/1 The ordinary government courrier was the ‘arabah express’. It was a crude affair, a small, springless wagon, drawn by two lively little ponies and bearing the red flag of government service.

2005 A. Amoia in A. Amoia & B. Knapp Great Women Trav. Writers (2006) v. 74 The harem of a wealthy Muslim slowly being drawn to the location in open arabas (wheeled carriages) draped in red woolen cloth embroidered with gold and silver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	araba
释义	araban. Brit. /əˈrɑːbə/, U.S. /əˈrɑbə/ Forms: α. 1700s– arabah, 1800s aroba, 1800s aruba, 1800s arubah, 1800s– araba. β. 1800s– arba, 1900s– arbah. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Turkish. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Partly a borrowing from Russian. Partly also a borrowing from German. Etymons: Ottoman Turkish araba; Persian arāba; Russian arba; German Arba. Etymology: In α. forms partly < (i) Ottoman Turkish araba, ʿaraba cart (14th cent.; Turkish araba , now also in sense ‘motor car’), later also in sense ‘gun carriage’, and partly < (ii) Persian arāba, aroba; the precise relationship between the Turkish and Persian words and their ulterior etymology are uncertain and disputed. In β. forms < (iii) Russian arba cart, carriage (17th cent. in Old Russian; < a form in a Turkic language, probably Tatar arba ); in quot. 1814 via German Arba (1812 in the source translated, or earlier). Now historical. Esp. in the former Ottoman Empire, Persia (now Iran), and the Caucasus: any of various types of cart or carriage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > other carriages dilly1786 telegraph1799 araba1814 station wagon1868 rumbelow1881 1783 F. Gladwin tr. A. Allâmî Ayeen Akbery I. i. 198 Formerly, for every ten Arabahs or carts, there were twenty Arabcheen, or carters, appointed, together with a carpenter. 1814 F. Shoberl tr. J. Klaproth Trav. Caucasus & Georgia xxvi. 327 The men always travel on horseback, but the women in arbas [Ger. Arben]..drawn by oxen. 1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo vii. 121 The many troops of children [in Constantinople]..dragged about in little queer arobas, or painted carriages, which are there kept for hire. 1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead ii. 45 The men were..hauling stone in creaking arabas drawn by bullocks. 1922 Asia June 477/1 The ordinary government courrier was the ‘arabah express’. It was a crude affair, a small, springless wagon, drawn by two lively little ponies and bearing the red flag of government service. 2005 A. Amoia in A. Amoia & B. Knapp Great Women Trav. Writers (2006) v. 74 The harem of a wealthy Muslim slowly being drawn to the location in open arabas (wheeled carriages) draped in red woolen cloth embroidered with gold and silver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783
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