kefil
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish كفیل (kefil, “bail, security, surety”), from Arabic كَفِيل (kafīl, “that vouches for, guarantee, surety”).
Noun edit
kefil (definite accusative kefili, plural kefiller)
- guarantor
- bail, security, surety
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kefil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كفیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557