sarwan

English

Etymology

From Persian ساربان.

Noun

sarwan (plural sarwans)

1. One who drives a camel.
   • 1984, James Baillie Fraser, Narrative of a Journey Into Khorasan in the Years 1821 and 1822, Oxford, page 366:

     His camel lay dying upon the road, attended by one of his men: we could be of little use, but we reared the beast upon its legs, a measure deemed essential to its recovery, and each sarwan as he passed tendered his opinion and advice.

Anagrams

• Nawars, awarns, naswar