Kaff

German (Berlin)

/kaf/

noun
Definitions
  • (derogatory) backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck a backwards, boring rural town or village

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani gav (village) derived from Sanskrit ग्राम (village, multitude, community, troop, collection, hamlet, collective, race, etc, assembly).

Origin

Sanskrit

ग्राम

Gloss

village, multitude, community, troop, collection, hamlet, collective, race, etc, assembly

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

村

Emoji

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