keyif
Language: Turkish · [cejˈif] · Pronunciation: kay-EEF
Pronunciation: Speaker: Veravi95
Recorder: Veravi95 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
unhurried pleasure in the moment — contentment
The story
Keyif is practised rather than merely felt: a glass of tea and a seat facing the water, the next hour left deliberately empty. Victorian travel writers borrowed the same root into English as kef, though the loan never stuck. The honest answer today is contentment.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Turkish
- Where does it come from?
- Arabic, from the word kayf
- Where would you hear it?
- A ferry rail, tea in hand, sun low
- What does it mean?
- Unhurried pleasure in the moment
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