কাফেলা

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • কাফিলা (kaphila)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قافله (qāfila), from Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila). Compare Hindi क़ाफ़िला (qāfilā).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kafela/, [ˈkafelaˑ], /kapʰela/, [ˈkapʰelaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kafela/, [ˈkafelaˑ], /kapʰela/, [ˈkapʰelaˑ]

Noun

কাফেলা • (kaphela)

  1. caravan
    Synonym: কারওয়ান (karōẇan)
  2. (military, nautical) column, convoy

Derived terms

  • কাফেলা সালার (kaphela śalar)

References