keffekil

English

Alternative forms

• kiefekil, keffekill

Etymology

From Turkish [Term?], composed of Kefe (“Caffa, a city in Crimea”) + kil (“clay”). The material was imported from that region of Crimea.

Alternatively, according to Webster (1913), from Persian کف (kaf, “foam”) + گل (gel, “clay”). Note that Turkish kil is from Persian گل (gel).

Noun

keffekil (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A kind of clay; meerschaum.

Derived terms

• keffekilite

Further reading

• “kiefekil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.