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kifaya

kifaya interjection: enough!

Interjection

  1. Enough!
    • To many Lebanese, kifaya encapsulates their desire to be free of domination from the dictatorial regime in Damascus.2005 March 27, William Safire, “Kifaya!”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2021

Origin of kifaya

From Arabic كفاية (“enough”).

Questions about kifaya

What does kifaya mean?
Kifaya means enough!
What part of speech is kifaya?
Kifaya is an interjection.

Words near kifaya in the dictionary

  1. kiewiets
  2. kieye
  3. kiełbasa
  4. Kieślowskian
  5. kif
  6. kifaya
  7. kife
  8. kifed
  9. Kifer
  10. Kifers
  11. kifes

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