Word.ws English Dictionary

caravan in Arabic

قَافِلَة qāfila

/ˈkæɹəvæn/

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

Scotland/ˈkaɾəvan/

caravan in Arabic: قَافِلَة (qāfila), مَقْطُورَة (maqṭūra). In English, caravan means a convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.

Arabic words for caravan

convoy or procession
قَافِلَة qāfila
vehicle
مَقْطُورَة maqṭūra

English meaning of caravan

  1. noun A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
  2. noun A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
  3. noun A group of camels, especially when used as beasts of burden carrying people and merchandise.
  4. verb To travel in a caravan (procession).

Full definition of caravan

caravan in a sentence

  • The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.
  • When my parents retired they really got back into caravanning.

Synonyms of caravan

All synonyms of caravan

caravan in other languages

Questions about caravan in Arabic

What is the meaning of caravan in Arabic?
Caravan in Arabic is قَافِلَة (qāfila), مَقْطُورَة (maqṭūra).
ما معنى كلمة caravan؟
Caravan: قَافِلَة (qāfila), مَقْطُورَة (maqṭūra).
What does caravan mean in English?
Caravan means a convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: caravan (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: EN-AU ck1 caravan.ogg, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-caravan.wav.

Cite this page: “caravan meaning in Arabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arabic/caravan. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.