Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قافله, from Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).

Noun

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kafile (definite accusative kafileyi, plural kafileler)

  1. caravan, convoy

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kafile”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قافله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1418
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN