English Explanatory Dictionary

cafiso

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of qafiz (particularly in Italian contexts)

Word forms

cafiso cafisos cafisso caffiso

Etymology

From Italian cafiso, from Sicilian cafisu, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units.

Synonyms

Italian qafiz
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