قافلہ

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قافِلَہ (qāfilam (Hindi spelling क़ाफ़िला)

  1. convoy, motorcade
  2. caravan
    Synonym: کارواں (kārvāṉ)
  3. (figuratively) tribe, group

Declension[edit]

Declension of قافلہ
singular plural
direct قافِلہ (qāfilah) قافِلے (qāfile)
oblique قافِلے (qāfile) قافِلوں (qāfilõ)
vocative قافِلے (qāfile) قافِلو (qāfilo)

Further reading[edit]

  • قافلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قافلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قافلہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.