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cahiz.

A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.

    historical
  2. A traditional measure of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a cahiz of seed.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Spanish cahíz, from Old Spanish cafiz, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz, “qafiz”), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units. Doublet of qafiz and cafiso. Cognate with Ancient Greek καπίθη (kapíthē).

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