kahwa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kahwa, from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkahwa/ [ˈkah.wa]
• Rhymes: -ahwa
• Syllabification: kah‧wa

Noun

kahwa (countable and uncountable, plural kahwa-kahwa)

1. (chiefly obsolete) synonym of kopi (“coffee”)

Further reading

• “kahwa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).

Noun

kahwa (Jawi spelling قهوا, plural kahwa-kahwa or kahwa²)

1. coffee

   Synonym: kopi

   • 1871, Muhammad Ibrahim Munsyi, Kisah Pelayaran Muhammad Ibrahim Munsyi:

     کمودين باليقله سمواڽ سکالي دافة فول مينم قهوا دڠن بسکوة يڠ برساڤو دڠن منتيݢ سمين اتو مانيسن کوليت ليمو...
     Kemudian baliklah semuanya sekali dapat pula minum kahwa dengan biskut yang bersapu dengan mentega samin atau manisan kulit limau...

     And so they came home to enjoy coffee with ghee-spread biscuits, or candied lime rind...

Descendants

• Indonesian: kahwa
• → Maranao: kahawa
• → Tausug: kahawa
• → Yakan: kahawa

Further reading

• "kahwa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017