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kaf

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Translingual

Symbol

kaf

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Katso.

See also

English

Noun

kaf (plural kafs)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك (k)
  2. Alternative spelling of kaph.

See also

  • (letter of the Arabic alphabet) Previous: ق (q). Next: ل (l)

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَاف (kāf).

Noun

kaf (definite accusative kafı, plural kaflar)

  1. the Arabic letter ك

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information nominative, singular ...

Further reading

  • kaf” in Obastan.com.
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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑf/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch caf, from Old Dutch *kaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf.

Noun

kaf n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. chaff
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Caribbean Javanese: kaf

Etymology 2

From Hebrew כָּף (kaf). Doublet of kappa.

Noun

kaf m (plural kafs, diminutive kafje n)

  1. kaph (Semitic letter)

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑf/, [ˈkɑ̝f]
  • Rhymes: -ɑf
  • Syllabification(key): kaf
  • Hyphenation(key): kaf

Noun

kaf

  1. kaph, kaf (eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad, twenty-second letter of the Arabic script)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Synonyms

  • (Arabic kaf): kāf
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Hausa

Pronunciation

Ideophone

kaf

  1. stealing everything

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

kaf n (genitive singular kafs, no plural)

  1. the state of being submerged, immersed; submersion, immersion

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...
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Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic ك (k, kaf).

Noun

kaf

  1. the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك (k)

Etymology 2

From Dutch kaft (book cover).

Noun

kaf (plural kaf-kaf)

  1. cover (book)
    Synonym: sampul

Further reading

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Hebrew כַּף (kap̄).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaf/
  • Rhymes: -af
  • Hyphenation: kàf

Noun

kaf m or f (invariable)

  1. kaph, specifically:
    1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤊
    2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter כ

See also

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Verb

kaf

  1. past participle of kafen
  2. second-person singular imperative of kafen

Middle English

Noun

kaf

  1. alternative form of chaf

Turkish

Noun

kaf

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ق

Volapük

Noun

kaf (nominative plural kafs)

  1. coffee
    • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
      Kaf at binon naudodik.
      This coffee is disgusting.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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