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

• Accessible Dictionary, “কাফেলা” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “কাফেলা” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh