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काफी

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑː.fiː/, [käː.fiː], /kɑː.pʰiː/, [käː.pʰiː]

Etymology 1

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Adverb

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काफी (kāfī)

  1. nuqtaless form of काफ़ी (kāfī)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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काफी (kāfīf

  1. nuqtaless form of काफ़ी (kāfī)
Declension
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Konkani

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coffee.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɑːpʰiː], [kɑːfiː]

Noun

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काफी (kāphī) (Latin script kafi, Kannada script ಕೊಫೀ)

  1. coffee (beverage)
  2. coffee (plant)

References

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  • Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet[1]

Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coffee.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.pʰi/, [ka.pʰiː]

Noun

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काफी (kāphīf

  1. coffee (beverage)

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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First attested in 1582. From Hindi काफ़ी (kāfī), from English coffee, from Dutch koffie (coffee), from Italian caffè (coffee), from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, coffee), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee, a brew), potentially traced back to the name of the Kaffa region of Ethiopia, which is an Omotic word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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काफी (kāphī) stemf

  1. coffee
    तिष्ठतु भोः, एकम् काफीं पिबामःtiṣṭhatu bhoḥ, ekam kāphīṃ pibāmaḥ.Wait, let's have one coffee.
    भवान् काफीं पिबति उत चायम्?।bhavān kāphīṃ pibati uta cāyam?.Will you drink coffee or tea?
    आगच्छतु, किञ्चित् काफीं पिबामः।āgacchatu, kiñcit kāphīṃ pibāmaḥ.Come, let's drink some coffee.
    अद्य अस्माकं कृते काफी अस्ति वा?।adya asmākaṃ kṛte kāphī asti vā?.Is there coffee for us now?
    काफीं भवान् एव रसितवान्, अतः भवता एव वक्तव्यम्
    kāphīṃ bhavān eva rasitavān, ataḥ bhavatā eva vaktavyam.
    You only tasted the coffee, so you only need to tell.
    अद्य प्रभाते पञ्चवादने एकं चषकं काफीं एव पीतवान्
    adya prabhāte pañcavādane ekaṃ caṣakaṃ kāphīṃ eva pītavān.
    All I had was one cup of coffee in the morning at 5 o'clock.

Declension

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Feminine ī-stem declension of काफी
singular dual plural
nominative काफी (kāphī) काफ्यौ (kāphyau)
काफी¹ (kāphī¹)
काफ्यः (kāphyaḥ)
काफीः¹ (kāphīḥ¹)
vocative काफि (kāphi) काफ्यौ (kāphyau)
काफी¹ (kāphī¹)
काफ्यः (kāphyaḥ)
काफीः¹ (kāphīḥ¹)
accusative काफीम् (kāphīm) काफ्यौ (kāphyau)
काफी¹ (kāphī¹)
काफीः (kāphīḥ)
instrumental काफ्या (kāphyā) काफीभ्याम् (kāphībhyām) काफीभिः (kāphībhiḥ)
dative काफ्यै (kāphyai) काफीभ्याम् (kāphībhyām) काफीभ्यः (kāphībhyaḥ)
ablative काफ्याः (kāphyāḥ)
काफ्यै² (kāphyai²)
काफीभ्याम् (kāphībhyām) काफीभ्यः (kāphībhyaḥ)
genitive काफ्याः (kāphyāḥ)
काफ्यै² (kāphyai²)
काफ्योः (kāphyoḥ) काफीनाम् (kāphīnām)
locative काफ्याम् (kāphyām) काफ्योः (kāphyoḥ) काफीषु (kāphīṣu)
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