In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
keddahs
plural of keddah
• kheddas
Source: Wiktionary
Ked"dah, n. [Malay kedah, fr. Ar. qadah hole.]
Definition: An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an elephant trap. [India]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.