قافلہ

Punjabi

Etymology

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Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila)bor.

Classical Persian قَافِلَه (qāfila)bor.

Punjabi قَافِلَہ (qāfilah)

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /qäːf.läː/, [käːfᵊ.läː]
• (formal) IPA^(key): /qäː.fɪ.läː/

Noun

قافِلَہ or قافْلَہ • (qāfilah or qāflah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕ਼ਾਫ਼ਲਾ or ਕਾਫ਼ਲਾ)

1. convoy, motorcade
2. caravan

Declension

Declension of قافلہ
dir. sg.	قافِلَہ (qāfilah)
dir. pl.	قافِلے (qāfile)
	singular	plural
direct	قافِلَہ (qāfilah)	قافِلے (qāfile)
oblique	قافِلے (qāfile)	قافِلیاں (qāfileyāṉ)
vocative	قافِلیا (qāfileyā)	قافِلیوْ (qāfileyo)
ablative	قافِلیوْں (qāfileyoṉ)	–
locative	قافِلے (qāfile)	قافِلِیْں (qāfilīṉ)
instrumental	قافِلے (qāfile)	قافِلِیْں (qāfilīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “قافِلَہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਕਾਫ਼ਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

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Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila)bor.

Classical Persian قَافِلَه (qāfila)bor.

Urdu قَافِلَہ (qāfila)

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.fɪ.lɑ(ː)/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑːf.lɑ(ː)/, [kɑːf.lɑː]
• Hyphenation: قا‧فِ‧لَہ

Noun

قافِلَہ • (qāfila) m (formal plural قافِلات (qāfilāt), Hindi spelling क़ाफ़िला)

1. convoy, motorcade
2. caravan

   Synonym: کارْواں (kārvā̃)

3. (figuratively) tribe, group

Declension

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

Further reading

More information

• “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.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “قافله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 786
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “قافله”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 879
• John Shakespear (1834) “قافله”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC