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keleh

keleh noun: a Middle Eastern unit of volume, 16.5 litres.

Noun

keleh (plural kelehs)

  1. A Middle Eastern unit of volume, 16.5 litres.
    • […] which means that sowing at the usual rate of about two and one half kelehs of seed per feddan, we may sow at the same time from 4,000 to 5,000 living pink bollworms in the infested seeds; […]1916, F. C. Willcocks, The Insect and Related Pests of Egypt (volume 1, page 176)

Forms of keleh

pluralkelehs
alternative formkilah
alternative formkileh

Questions about keleh

What does keleh mean?
Keleh means a Middle Eastern unit of volume, 16.5 litres.
What part of speech is keleh?
Keleh is a noun.
What is the plural of keleh?
The plural of keleh is kelehs.

Words near keleh in the dictionary

  1. kelds
  2. keldyshite
  3. Kele
  4. kelebe
  5. kelebes
  6. keleh
  7. Keleher
  8. Kelehers
  9. kelehs
  10. kelek
  11. Kelekian

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