cafiso

• cafisso, caffiso

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.

cafiso (plural cafisos)

1. Alternative form of qafiz (particularly in Italian contexts)

• Italian qafiz

• Facios, fascio-, fiasco

• cafisso

Borrowed from Sicilian cafisu, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfi.so/
• Rhymes: -iso
• Hyphenation: ca‧fì‧so

cafiso m (plural cafisi)

1. (historical) a dry measure, equivalent to seven quarters of a bushel
2. a liquid measure, equivalent to a mass of 11,026 kilograms, employed in Southern Italy

• qafiz

• cafiso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• fascio, fasciò, fiasco, sfocai, sfocia