keffekil
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Turkish [Term?], composed of Kefe (“Caffa, a city in Crimea”) + kil (“clay”). The material was imported from that region of Crimea.[1]
Alternatively, according to Webster (1913), from Persian کف (kaf, “foam”) + گل (gel, “clay”). Note that Turkish kil is from Persian گل (gel).
Noun
[edit]keffekil (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A kind of clay; meerschaum.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ William Phillips (1816) An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy, London: W. Phillips, →OCLC, page 42
Further reading
[edit]- “kiefekil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.