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Kafka

UK/ˈkæfkə/ US/ˈkɑfkɑ/ uncommon

noun

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Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)

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From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the Proto-Slavic *kavъka, imitating the call of a jackdaw. Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.

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