قلاف

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Root
ق ل ف
1 term

• گلاف (gaḷḷāf) (rare)

Etymology

See Arabic قَلَفَ (qalafa) (also Persian of South Iran گلاف, likely borrowed from Gulf Arabic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəɫ.ɫaːf/

Noun

قَلّاف • (gaḷḷāf) m (plural قَلاليف (gaḷāḷīf))

1. shipbuilder

   Coordinate term: (ship designer) استاذ (istāḏ)

Derived terms

• القلاف (il-gaḷḷāf, “Kuwaiti family name”)