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Symbol
kaf
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English
Noun
kaf (plural kafs)
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Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Noun
kaf (definite accusative kafı, plural kaflar)
- the Arabic letter ك
Declension
Further reading
- “kaf” in Obastan.com.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch caf, from Old Dutch *kaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf.
Noun
kaf n (uncountable, no diminutive)
Derived terms
- het kaf van het koren scheiden
- kafje
- kafnaald
- kafschub
Descendants
- → Caribbean Javanese: kaf
Etymology 2
From Hebrew כָּף (kaf). Doublet of kappa.
Noun
kaf m (plural kafs, diminutive kafje n)
- kaph (Semitic letter)
Further reading
kaf on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
Etymology
From Phoenician [Term?].
Pronunciation
Noun
kaf
- kaph, kaf (eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad, twenty-second letter of the Arabic script)
Declension
Synonyms
- (Arabic kaf): kāf
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Hausa
Pronunciation
Ideophone
kaf
- 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)
- the state of being submerged, immersed; submersion, immersion
Declension
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Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkaf/ [ˈkaf]
- Rhymes: -af
- Syllabification: kaf
Etymology 1
Noun
kaf
- the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك (k)
Etymology 2
From Dutch kaft (“book cover”).
Noun
Further reading
- “kaf”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Hebrew כַּף (kap̄).
Pronunciation
Noun
kaf m or f (invariable)
- kaph, specifically:
- the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤊
- the name of the Hebrew-script letter כ
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Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Verb
kaf
Middle English
Noun
kaf
- alternative form of chaf
Turkish
Noun
kaf
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ق
Volapük
Noun
kaf (nominative plural kafs)
- coffee
- 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
- Kaf at binon naudodik.
- This coffee is disgusting.
Declension
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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