Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian قافله (qāfila), from Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قافِلَہ (qāfilam (Hindi spelling क़ाफ़िला)

  1. convoy, motorcade
  2. caravan
    Synonym: کارواں (kārvāṉ)
  3. (figuratively) tribe, group

Declension edit

Declension of قافلہ
singular plural
direct قافِلہ (qāfilah) قافِلے (qāfile)
oblique قافِلے (qāfile) قافِلوں (qāfilõ)
vocative قافِلے (qāfile) قافِلو (qāfilo)

Further reading edit

  • قافلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قافلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قافلہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.