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”)
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