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xeraphim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
xeraphim
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An old monetary unit of Portuguese India from the 16th to 19th centuries, equal to 300 reis.

Etymology

From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic اَشْرَاف (ašrāf), plural form of شَرِيف (šarīf, “highborn”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: xarafin, اَشْرَاف, ش ر ف

Inflected Forms

xeraphims (plural) serafin (alternative) seraphin (alternative) xerafine (alternative) xerafim (alternative) xeraphin (alternative) xerapheen (alternative) xerafin (alternative)

Questions

What does xeraphim mean?
An old monetary unit of Portuguese India from the 16th to 19th centuries, equal to 300 reis.
Where does xeraphim come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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