cafiso
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
cafiso (plural cafisos)
- Alternative form of qafiz (particularly in Italian contexts)
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Italian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian cafisu, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cafiso m (plural cafisi)
- (historical) a dry measure, equivalent to seven quarters of a bushel
- a liquid measure, equivalent to a mass of 11,026 kilograms, employed in Southern Italy
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Further reading[edit]
- cafiso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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