English

edit

Noun

edit

kafila (plural kafilas)

  1. Alternative form of cafila

Anagrams

edit

Swahili

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).[1]

Pronunciation

edit
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

edit

kafila (n class, plural kafila)

  1. (uncommon) caravan, cafila
    Synonym: msafara

References

edit
  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250 No. 2323