Araba (carriage)

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Arabas. Paintings commissioned to capture Istanbul life around 1809. Victoria and Albert Museum collection.[1]
An araba in Wallachia

An araba (from Turkish: araba [2]) (also arba or aroba) is a carriage drawn by horses or oxen, used in Turkey and neighboring countries in the 18th and 19th centuries, with crosswise seating and usually with a canopy top to protect occupants from the sun and afford privacy. It is usually heavy and built without springs; when it has springs it is called yaylı, shorter form of "yaylı araba" or "araba with springs".[1][2][3][4][5]

In modern Turkish, the word araba is used for almost any kind of wheeled device including a hand truck or a car (automobile).

References

  1. ^ a b "Araba or carriage, and a small araba for children, Watercolour, about 1809". Victoria and Albert Museum. This araba was a closed carriage designed for women wanting to go out in privacy. The windows were fitted with a lattice, so they could see out, and the public were unable to see in.
  2. ^ a b "Araba". Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  3. ^ Smith, D.J.M. (1988). A Dictionary of Horse Drawn Vehicles. J.A. Allen. p. 8. ISBN 0851314686. OL 11597864M. Araba. Turkish wagon of the 18th and 19th centuries, having a canopy top and crosswise seating. Used by women of the harem. Drawn by a pair of oxen or horses, guided by dismounted servants.
  4. ^ Bower, H. (1895). "A Trip to Turkistan". The Geographical Journal. 5 (3): 252. doi:10.2307/1773933. JSTOR 1773933. Travelling along the road was very easy and pleasant; my baggage was carried in an araba, or cart with four horses, three being harnessed as leaders, and one in the shafts, while I rode myself.
  5. ^ Whitney, William Dwight, ed. (1901). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. Century Co. p. 285. OL 13503137M. A heavy, springless wagon, usually covered with a screen as shelter from the rays of the sun, drawn by oxen or cows, and used throughout northwestern and central Asia, India, Turkey, and Russia, wherever Tatars have settled.