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Translingual
Symbol
kaf
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Katso .
See also
English
Noun
kaf (plural kafs )
The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك ( k )
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 )
the Arabic letter ك
Declension
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch caf , from Old Dutch *kaf , from Proto-West Germanic *kaf .
Noun
kaf n (uncountable )
chaff
Derived terms
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
Finnish
Etymology
From Phoenician .
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
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
Declension of kaf (sg-only neuter )
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Arabic ك ( k , “ kaf ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kaf/
Hyphenation: kaf
Noun
kaf
The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك ( k )
Etymology 2
From Dutch kaft ( “ book cover ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kaf/
Hyphenation: kaf
Noun
kaf
cover ( book )
Synonym: sampul
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Hebrew כַּף ( kap̄ ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkaf/
Rhymes: -af
Hyphenation: kàf
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
past participle of kafen
second-person singular imperative of kafen
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 disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only