Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kiswah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kiswah
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Etymology

From Arabic كِسْوَة (kiswa).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: كِسْوَة, ك س و

Inflected Forms

kiswahs (plural) kiswa (alternative)

Questions

What does kiswah mean?: The cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Where does kiswah come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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