قافلہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَافِلَه (qāfila), borrowed from Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /qäːf.läː/, [käːfᵊ.läː]
• (formal) IPA^(key): /qäː.fɪ.läː/

قافِلَہ or قافْلَہ • (qāfilah or qāflah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕ਼ਾਫ਼ਲਾ or ਕਾਫ਼ਲਾ)

1. convoy, motorcade
2. caravan

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “قافِلَہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਕਾਫ਼ਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَافِلَه (qāfila), borrowed from Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.fɪ.lɑ(ː)/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑːf.lɑ(ː)/, [kɑːf.lɑː]
• Hyphenation: قا‧فِ‧لَہ

قافِلَہ • (qāfila) m (formal plural قافِلات (qāfilāt), Hindi spelling क़ाफ़िला)

1. convoy, motorcade
2. caravan

   Synonym: کارْواں (kārvā̃)

3. (figuratively) tribe, group