Kaff

(Anglais)

backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kaf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à romani: gav

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand: kaf

Hérité de ancien haut allemand: kaf

In summary

19th century, from Romani gav (“village”), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma, “village”). Probably influenced by Rotwelsch kefar, from Hebrew כְּפָר (kfar, “village”); perhaps also by etymology 2 in the sense of “something worthless”. The now common plural in -er probably after Dörfer.

Concepts

trou

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bled

balle

hameau

coin perdu

patelin

Synonymes

Dorf

Kuhdorf

Weiler

Hintertupfing

Kuhkaff

Nest

Örtchen

letztes Loch

Milchkanne

Posemuckel

Hintertupfingen

Kleinkleckersdorf

Einöde

Posemukel

Markt

Spreu

Marktflecken

Krähwinkel

Dörfchen

Pusemuckel

Traductions

chaff

backwater

gat

pueblucho

buco

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dziura zabita dechami

dump

baleigs

borgo

Hicksville

backwoods

hicksville

balejadures

cowtown

hamlet