Araba (carriage)

Arabas. Paintings commissioned to capture Istanbul life around 1809. Victoria and Albert Museum collection.^[1]

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

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Araba". Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

Araba image from Whitney 1901. Educational Technology Clearinghouse, University of South Florida. Drawing.
Araba - Open Dictionary includes usage quotes from 1845, 1898 and 1917 writings.

[vam-1] "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.

[dict-2] "Araba". Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

[smith-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.

[atrip-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.

[whitney-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.

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