tayfa

Meaning

1. ship crew
2. hangers-on, fawning followers.
3. a worker who harvests olive; olive harvester.
4. gang, bunch; troop, band

Hyphenated as

tay‧fa

Pronounced as (IPA)

[tɑjfɑ]

Etymology

From Arabic طَائِفَة (ṭāʔifa, “troop”, “band”, “group”, “party”). Doublet of taife.

Sentences

Vincin başında daha çocuk denecek kadar küçük bir tayfa vardı .

At the head of the crane was a crew so small as to be called children.