kaf

[ kahf ]

noun

1. the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar stop consonant sound.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaf¹

From the Arabic word kāf

Example Sentences

I mean that griffin who clutches hold of the mightinesses of this world and carries them to the mountains of Kaf.

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He asked the Chief to help him on toward Kaf—an oasis town across the desert.

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So the old Chief told him of the dangers of the desert; death from thirst or from the fiery Arabs of Kaf.

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That afternoon he found a tent and heard that a great caravan was expected to pass that night on the way to Kaf to get salt.

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Then they released the captives and sent them back, for on the horizon they saw the green palms of Kaf, the city that they sought.

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