Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ksar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: ksar
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a fortified traditional village in North Africa.

Etymology

Borrowed from French ksar, from a Maghrebi form of Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr). Doublet of qasr and castrum

Inflected Forms

ksars (plural) ksour (plural)

Questions

What does ksar mean?: a fortified traditional village in North Africa.
Where does ksar come from?: Borrowed from French ksar, from a Maghrebi form of Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr). Doublet of qasr and castrum

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