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surwan India.|ˈsɜːwɑːn|
Also -aun, ser-, sirwan.
[a. Urdū = Pers. sārbān, f. sār camel + -bān keeper.]
A camel-driver.
1821[M. Sherer] Sk. India 242 To..hire good camels, and to engage surwans for them. 1828Mundy Pen & Pencil Sketches (1832) II. i. 1 Camels..resisting every effort..of their serwâns to induce them to embark. 1884F. Boyle Borderland 289 The sirwans were mustering at earliest dawn. |