Euphoric pleasure, extreme satisfaction, substance-induced high. From the Arabic word كَيف (keyf) meaning “mood, pleasure, atmosphere”. The word was introduced into Russian in 1821 by Józef Julian Sękowski in his accounts of his journey through Egypt.
А еще в идеале чтобы — цветы, шампанское и машина. Это кайф; чего еще-то.
Ideally there should be flowers, champagne and a car. Fucking brilliant, what more could you want.
(Михаил Веллер, Легенды Невского проспекта, 1993)
