Araba (carriage)

For other articles with similar names, see Araba.

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. It featured crosswise seating, typically had a canopy top, and was usually heavy and built without springs; when springed it is called a yaylı, shorter form of "yaylı araba" or "araba with springs".^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Paintings of arabas depicting Istanbul life around 1809, Victoria and Albert Museum^[1]

An araba in Wallachia

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