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cafiso

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cafiso
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of qafiz (particularly in Italian contexts)

Etymology

From Italian cafiso, from Sicilian cafisu, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cafiso, cafisu, قَفِيز, קְפִיזָא, ܩܦܝܙܐ

Inflected Forms

cafisos (plural) cafisso (alternative) caffiso (alternative)

Synonyms

Italian qafiz

Questions

What does cafiso mean?
Alternative form of qafiz (particularly in Italian contexts)
Where does cafiso come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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