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cafiso

cafiso is the alternative form of qafiz.

Meaning of qafiz

Noun

qafiz (plural qafizes)

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

Synonyms of cafiso

  • Italian qafiz

Forms of cafiso

pluralcafisos
alternative formcafisso
alternative formcaffiso

Origin of cafiso

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.

Questions about cafiso

What is cafiso the alternative form of?
Cafiso is the alternative form of qafiz.

Words near cafiso in the dictionary

  1. cafilahs
  2. cafilas
  3. cafileh
  4. cafilehs
  5. Cafiristan
  6. cafiso
  7. cafisos
  8. cafisso
  9. cafissos
  10. cafiz
  11. cafizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cafiso (page history and authors); qafiz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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