caravan

From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”).

The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.