Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kafal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kafal
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two trees of the genus Commiphora, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.

noun

Bayberry, the fruit of Myrica esculenta, a tree or large shrub native to Nepal.

Example Sentences

"Balsamodendron kafal (Kafal tree)[…] This tree is also a native of Arabia, where it attains to the height of twenty feet. It is there called kafal."
"gardens with trees laden with pomegranate and cucumbers, the forests yield crimson ‘Kafal’ and violet Kilmora berries just for the picking"
"I saw a girl swiftly climbing a tree to pluck kafals. Three women standing beneath were gathering fruits in baskets made of bamboo."

Etymology

] From Arabic قَفَل (qafal).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: قَفَل, काफल

Inflected Forms

kafals (plural) kaphal (alternative) kaaphal (alternative) kafal berry (alternative) kafal fruit (alternative)

Questions

What does kafal mean?: Either of two trees of the genus Commiphora, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.
Where does kafal come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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