قواله

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek Καβάλα (Kavála).

Proper noun

قواله • (Kavala)

1. Kavala (a city in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece).

Descendants

• Turkish: Kavala
• → Armenian: Գավալա (Gavala)

Further reading

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Kavala”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 438