Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Undisturbed quiescence, regarded as a state of high happiness.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
kif .
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Examples
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You could have guessed just as easily what an alligator was thinking about, and I tried to emulate him, pretending to go off into the brown study that the Turks call kaif, out of which it is considered bad manners to disturb your best friend, let alone a stranger.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Talbot Mundy 1909
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I shot this event and the highlight was the dancing dervesh of Ajmer , whirling kaif that they performed on the beats of the qawwals..
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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I will miss cousin Glenn Losack this time as he wont be there the chatti of the Holy Saint qawwalis all night long kaif trance dancing in the air
Archive 2009-06-01 photographerno1 2009
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I shot this event and the highlight was the dancing dervesh of Ajmer , whirling kaif that they performed on the beats of the qawwals..
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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Today i was reading bollywood gupsup - and i came to know about katrina kaif she have signed a film with yash raj and the opposite actor is sharuk khan ......
Katrina kaif Signs Yash Raj flim with Opposite Sharuk khan 2008
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The expression v kaif as in eto mne v kaif 'this is fun to me' is extremely prolific about 790 Google hits today.
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Renee of Glosses.net has a very interesting entry today on the Russian word that was originally keif and is now kaif when and why did it change?
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He had subsided into a state of kaif already over on the far side of the fire, day-dreaming about only Allah knew what rhapsodies.
The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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I thought that Kagig looked a trifle restless, but nobody else went so far as to exhibit interest, except that the old Turk by the fire emerged far enough out of kaif to open one eye, like a sly cat's.
The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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I thought that Kagig looked a trifle restless, but nobody else went so far as to exhibit interest, except that the old Turk by the fire emerged far enough out of kaif to open one eye, like a sly cat's.
The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909
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