קַבְּלָנָא, receiver (of deposits &c.). Y’lamd. to Ex. XXXVIII, quot. in Ar. והוה לה ק׳ בחיי בעלה and she had a receiver (trustee) during her husband’s life-time.
קַבְּלָנָא, one receiving and transmitting a tradition, authority.—Pl. קַבְּלָנֵי. Naz. 56ᵇ כל שמעתתא … תלתא ק׳ קמאי וכ׳ Ar. (in ed. our w. omitted) whenever a tradition passes through three (or more) authorities, we must mention the first and the last authorities, the intermediate we may omit.