KARABAN

This word is from the English language.

karaban
caravan

The Spanish term is caravana.

Historically, a caravan is group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa.

Today, a caravan refers to any large group of people, typically with vehicles or animals traveling together, in single file. It is like a convoy or procession.

MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG

karaban: pangkatang paglalakbay ng mga komersiyante at peregrino lalo na sa disyerto

karaban: sasakyang matitirhan, kompleto sa gamit, at karaniwang hila ng kabayo o de-motor


Unrelated to the above, there is an obscure cultural artifact in the Philippines called karaban, which is a type of “quiver” (in the West, an archer’s portable case for holding arrows).

This karaban of the Palawan area was a 40-centimeter bamboo internode, with a carved wooden handle and a fitted cover. Darts, a knife, and possibly other tools were placed in it.

Sisidlan o lalagyan daw ito ng mga pana, kutsilyo o iba pang mga sandata o kagamitan noong unang panahon sa dakong Palawan.

It had a tightly fitted cover and a decorated wooden handle.

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