kaf

[ kahf ]

/ kɑf /

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noun

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

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Origin of kaf

From the Arabic word kāf

I mean that griffin who clutches hold of the mightinesses of this world and carries them to the mountains of Kaf.
Tales From Jkai|Mr Jkai
He asked the Chief to help him on toward Kaf—an oasis town across the desert.
The Book of Missionary Heroes|Basil Mathews
So the old Chief told him of the dangers of the desert; death from thirst or from the fiery Arabs of Kaf.
The Book of Missionary Heroes|Basil Mathews
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.
The Book of Missionary Heroes|Basil Mathews

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.
The Book of Missionary Heroes|Basil Mathews