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keffekil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kef-fek-il
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of clay; meerschaum.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Turkish [Term?], composed of Kefe (“Caffa, a city in Crimea”) + kil (“clay”). The material was imported from that region of Crimea. Alternatively, according to Webster (1913), from Persian کف (kaf, “foam”) + گل (gel, “clay”). Note that Turkish kil is from Persian گل (gel).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

kiefekil (alternative) keffekill (alternative)

Derived Forms

keffekilite

Questions

What does keffekil mean?
A kind of clay; meerschaum.
Where does keffekil come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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