اعتکاف iﻌtikāf A (inf. viii. of عکف) s. m. 1. Continuing in the temple or mosque (especially at Mecca). 2. Restraining, curbing the pas- sions from religious motives, as in lent.

شکاف shikāf P s. m. See شگاف shigāf.

مکافات mukāfāt A (inf. III. of کفي) s. f. Re- compense, retribution, retaliation, requital.

ک kāf called کاف تازي or کاف عربي or کاف کلمن the twenty-second letter of the Arabic and twen- ty-fifth of the Persian alphabet, corresponds to क in Sanskrit. Its sound is that of the English k. To represent its Sanskrit aspirate ख (kh) in the Arabic characters, کهـ is adopted. In the notation of numbers by the Arabic letters, ک stands for twenty. Its permutations are, 1st, into خ as شاماخچه or شاماکچه A womanʼs bo- dice: 2d, into غ as کژگاو or غژگاو The bull of Tar- tary (Bos grunniens): 3d, Arabistically, into ق as منجنيق for منجنيک A warlike engine. In Persian, it is sometimes prefixed to a word, but more commonly it occurs disjoined; in which latter case it has the ه maktūbī or muḵẖ- tafī annexed to it, thus که, and being pro- nounced with kasr (ِ) it may be used in the fol- lowing senses. 1. (کاف تعليل or assigning cause) Because, for. 2. (کاف بيان or کاف صله the relative pronoun) Who, which. 3. (کاف معرفه) conj. That. 4. (کاف عطف) And. 5. (کاف نتيجه expressing purpose or intention) That, to. 6. (کاف مفاجأة) Instantly. 7. (کاف استفـﮩ‍ام the interrogative pronoun) Who? what? which? 8. (کاف تفضيل) But even.

کافر kāfir A (part. act. of کفر) 1. adj. Infidel, im- pious; an infidel. 2. s. f. m. A mistress, sweet- heart. (Pers. plur. کافران). A. P. کافرانه kāfir-āna, adj. or adv. Like an infidel.

کافري kāfir-ī A. 1. s. f. Infidelity, unbelief. 2. n. prop. A Caffre, a native of a part of Africa.

کافه kāffa A (from کفّ Heb. To bend, to fold) s. m. 1. The whole. 2. A tribe, a mul- titude.

کافور kāfūr A s. m. Camphor. (Sans. कर्पूर). کافورهونا يا هوجانا kafūr honā or ho-jānā, To run away, to disappear, to scamper off, to vanish.

کافوري kāfūr-ī A adj. Camphorate, made of camphor; white, snow-white.

کافي kāfī A (part. act. of کفا) adj. Sufficient.