tayfa
Turkish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “troop”, “band”, “group”, “party”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tayfa (definite accusative tayfayı, plural tayfalar)
- ship crew
- hangers-on, fawning followers.
- a worker who harvests olive; olive harvester.
- gang, bunch; troop, band
Declension
Descendants
- Armenian: թայֆա (tʻayfa)