কাহোয়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

• কাহওয়া (kahẇa), কাহুয়া (kahuẏa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قهوه (qahwa), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Cognate with Hindi कहवा (kahvā), Gujarati કહવા (kahvā), Punjabi ਕਾਹਵਾ (kāhvā), Urdu قہوہ (qahva).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kaho̯a/, [ˈkaho̯aˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kaho̯a/, [ˈkaho̯aˑ]

Noun

কাহোয়া • (kahōẇa)

1. coffee

   Synonym: কফি (kophi)

2. kahwah