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English
Noun
kafila (plural kafilas)
- Alternative form of cafila
Anagrams
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kafila (n class, plural kafila)
- (uncommon) caravan, cafila
- Synonym: msafara
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250 No. 2323