Etymograph

English

kafala

Kafala comes from Arabic كَفَالَة ‘verbal noun of كَفُلَ (kafula) (form I)’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentكَفَالَةkafāla‘verbal noun of كَفُلَ (kafula) (form I)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015kafala

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentكَفَالَةkafāla‘verbal noun of كَفُلَ (kafula) (form I)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015kafala

Earliest quotation: 2015, Barry Meier, Labor Scrutiny for FIFA as a World Cup Rises in the Desert: “Officials in Qatar have said that companies building World…”

Every English word from Arabic كَفَالَة

Today it means

noun A form of Islamic adoption in which the child is not regarded as a true child of the adoptive parents.

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Etymograph / Arabic كَفَالَة / kafala

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