ksar

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noun

a fortified traditional village in North Africa.

OriginFrench ksar ← Arabic قَصْر →
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Meanings

nounksar (plural ksars or ksour)

plural ksars · plural ksour

  1. a fortified traditional village in North Africa.

Origin

  1. Arabicقَصْر
  2. Frenchksar
  3. Englishksar

Borrowed from French ksar, from a Maghrebi form of Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr). Doublet of qasr and castrum

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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