# kaf
## Translingual
### Symbol

kaf
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Katso.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Katso terms

## English
### Noun

kaf (plural kafs)
* The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك (k)
* Alternative spelling of kaph

### See also

* (letter of the Arabic alphabet) Previous: ق (q). Next: ل (l)

### Anagrams

* FKA, AFK, fak, f.k.a., fka, f/k/a, FAK, afk

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَاف (kāf).

### Noun

kaf (definite accusative kafı, plural kaflar)
* the Arabic letter ك

#### Further reading

* “kaf” in Obastan.com.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑf/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑf

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch caf, from Old Dutch *kaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf.

#### Noun

kaf n (uncountable)
* chaff

##### Derived terms

* het kaf van het koren scheiden
* kafje
* kafnaald
* kafschub

##### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: kaf

### Etymology 2

From Hebrew כָּף (kaf). Doublet of kappa.

#### Noun

kaf m (plural kafs, diminutive kafje n)
* kaph (Semitic letter)

### Further reading

* kaf on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Phoenician [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑf/, [ˈkɑ̝f]
* Rhymes: -ɑf
* Hyphenation: kaf

### Noun

kaf
* kaph, kaf (eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad, twenty-second letter of the Arabic script)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kaf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kafini
kafini
accusative
nom.
kafini
kafini
gen.
kafini
genitive
kafini
kafieni
partitive
kafiani
kafejani
inessive
kafissani
kafeissani
elative
kafistani
kafeistani
illative
kafiini
kafeihini
adessive
kafillani
kafeillani
ablative
kafiltani
kafeiltani
allative
kafilleni
kafeilleni
essive
kafinani
kafeinani
translative
kafikseni
kafeikseni
abessive
kafittani
kafeittani
instructive
comitative
—kafeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kafisi
kafisi
accusative
nom.
kafisi
kafisi
gen.
kafisi
genitive
kafisi
kafiesi
partitive
kafiasi
kafejasi
inessive
kafissasi
kafeissasi
elative
kafistasi
kafeistasi
illative
kafiisi
kafeihisi
adessive
kafillasi
kafeillasi
ablative
kafiltasi
kafeiltasi
allative
kafillesi
kafeillesi
essive
kafinasi
kafeinasi
translative
kafiksesi
kafeiksesi
abessive
kafittasi
kafeittasi
instructive
comitative
—kafeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kafimme
kafimme
accusative
nom.
kafimme
kafimme
gen.
kafimme
genitive
kafimme
kafiemme
partitive
kafiamme
kafejamme
inessive
kafissamme
kafeissamme
elative
kafistamme
kafeistamme
illative
kafiimme
kafeihimme
adessive
kafillamme
kafeillamme
ablative
kafiltamme
kafeiltamme
allative
kafillemme
kafeillemme
essive
kafinamme
kafeinamme
translative
kafiksemme
kafeiksemme
abessive
kafittamme
kafeittamme
instructive
comitative
—kafeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kafinne
kafinne
accusative
nom.
kafinne
kafinne
gen.
kafinne
genitive
kafinne
kafienne
partitive
kafianne
kafejanne
inessive
kafissanne
kafeissanne
elative
kafistanne
kafeistanne
illative
kafiinne
kafeihinne
adessive
kafillanne
kafeillanne
ablative
kafiltanne
kafeiltanne
allative
kafillenne
kafeillenne
essive
kafinanne
kafeinanne
translative
kafiksenne
kafeiksenne
abessive
kafittanne
kafeittanne
instructive
comitative
—kafeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kafinsa
kafinsa
accusative
nom.
kafinsa
kafinsa
gen.
kafinsa
genitive
kafinsa
kafiensa
partitive
kafiaan kafiansa
kafejaan kafejansa
inessive
kafissaan kafissansa
kafeissaan kafeissansa
elative
kafistaan kafistansa
kafeistaan kafeistansa
illative
kafiinsa
kafeihinsa
adessive
kafillaan kafillansa
kafeillaan kafeillansa
ablative
kafiltaan kafiltansa
kafeiltaan kafeiltansa
allative
kafilleen kafillensa
kafeilleen kafeillensa
essive
kafinaan kafinansa
kafeinaan kafeinansa
translative
kafikseen kafiksensa
kafeikseen kafeiksensa
abessive
kafittaan kafittansa
kafeittaan kafeittansa
instructive
comitative
—kafeineen kafeinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (Arabic kaf): kāf

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /káp/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [káp]

### Ideophone

kaf
* stealing everything

## Icelandic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰaːv/
* Rhymes: -aːv

### Noun

kaf n (genitive singular kafs, no plural)
* the state of being submerged, immersed; submersion, immersion

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Arabic ك (k, “kaf”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaf/
* Hyphenation: kaf

#### Noun

kaf
* the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك (k)

### Etymology 2

From Dutch kaft (“book cover”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaf/
* Hyphenation: kaf

#### Noun

kaf
* cover (book)
    Synonym: sampul

### Further reading

* “kaf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Hebrew כַּף (kap̄).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaf/
* Rhymes: -af
* Hyphenation: kàf

### Noun

kaf m or f (invariable)
* kaph, specifically:
** the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤊
** the name of the Hebrew-script letter כ

### See also

* kappa

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaːf/

### Verb

kaf
* past participle of kafen
* second-person singular imperative of kafen

## Middle English
### Noun

kaf
* Alternative form of chaf

## Turkish
### Noun

kaf
* Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ق

## Volapük
### Noun

kaf (nominative plural kafs)
* coffee
** 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:Kaf at binon naudodik.This coffee is disgusting.

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only