kefil
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish كفیل (kefil, “bail, security, surety”), from Arabic كَفِيل (kafīl, “that vouches for, guarantee, surety”).
Noun[edit]
kefil (definite accusative kefili, plural kefiller)
- guarantor
- bail, security, surety
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kefil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كفیل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557