English Explanatory Dictionary

qafiz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional Arab unit of volume, varying over time, place, and substance measured.
  2. Any of various medieval units of dry or liquid measure derived from the qafiz.

Word forms

qafiz qafizes cafiz

Etymology

From Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units. Doublet of cahiz and cafiso. Cognate with Ancient Greek καπίθη (kapíthē).

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