cafiso
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editFrom 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
editcafiso (plural cafisos)
- Alternative form of qafiz (particularly in Italian contexts)
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editItalian
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editBorrowed from Sicilian cafisu, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz).
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editcafiso 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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edit- cafiso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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