Hayfa
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حیفا (Hayfa), from Arabic حَيْفَا (ḥayfā), from Hebrew חֵיפָה (kheifá).
Proper noun
Hayfa
- Haifa (a city in Israel)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حیفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 816