keleh

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noun

A Middle Eastern unit of volume, 16.5 litres.

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Meanings

nounkeleh (plural kelehs)

plural kelehs · alternative kilah · alternative kileh

  1. A Middle Eastern unit of volume, 16.5 litres.

    […] which means that sowing at the usual rate of about two and one half kelehs of seed per feddan, we may sow at the same time from 4,000 to 5,000 living pink bollworms in the infested seeds; […]

    1916, F. C. Willcocks, The Insect and Related Pests of Egypt (volume 1, page 176)

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Cite this entry
APA

keleh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keleh

MLA

“keleh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keleh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keleh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keleh.

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