क़ाफ़िला

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qɑː.fɪ.lɑː/, [qäː.fɪ.läː], /kɑː.pʰɪ.lɑː/, [käː.pʰɪ.läː]

Noun

क़ाफ़िला • (qāfilā) m (Urdu spelling قافلہ)

caravan; convoy, motorcade
Synonym: कारवाँ (kārvā̃)

Declension

Declension of क़ाफ़िला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़ाफ़िला qāfilā	क़ाफ़िले qāfile
oblique	क़ाफ़िले qāfile	क़ाफ़िलों qāfilõ
vocative	क़ाफ़िले qāfile	क़ाफ़िलो qāfilo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़ाफ़िला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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