"Israeli collective settlement," 1931, from Modern Hebrew qibbus "gathering," earlier "a gathering together," verbal noun from root of qibbetz "he gathered together." Plural is kibbutzim. Related to Arabic quabada "he grasped, seized."
khanate
khatib
khedive
Khmer
kibble
kibbutz
kibitz
kibitzer
kibosh
kick
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