Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek Καβάλα (Kavála).
Proper noun
قواله • (Kavala)
- Kavala (a city in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece)
Descendants
- Turkish: Kavala
- → Armenian: Գավալա (Gavala)
Further reading
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kavala”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 438