kıraathane

Turkish

An Ottoman kıraathane.

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قرائتخانه (ḳırāʾatḫāne, “a public reading room, a coffee house where newspapers are kept”), from Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa, “reading”) +‎ Persian خانه (xâne, “house”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to read, to recite”), equivalent to compound of kıraat +‎ hane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɯ.ɾaːat.haːˈne/
• Hyphenation: kı‧ra‧at‧ha‧ne

Noun

kıraathane (definite accusative kıraathaneyi, plural kıraathaneler)

1. A coffeehouse.

   Synonyms: kahve, kahvehane

2. (archaic) A furnished, spacious coffeehouse that keeps newspapers, periodicals, books for customers to read.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kıraathane
Definite accusative	kıraathaneyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kıraathane	kıraathaneler
Definite accusative	kıraathaneyi	kıraathaneleri
Dative	kıraathaneye	kıraathanelere
Locative	kıraathanede	kıraathanelerde
Ablative	kıraathaneden	kıraathanelerden
Genitive	kıraathanenin	kıraathanelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraathanem kıraathanelerim 2nd singular kıraathanen kıraathanelerin 3rd singular kıraathanesi kıraathaneleri 1st plural kıraathanemiz kıraathanelerimiz 2nd plural kıraathaneniz kıraathaneleriniz 3rd plural kıraathaneleri kıraathaneleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraathanemi kıraathanelerimi 2nd singular kıraathaneni kıraathanelerini 3rd singular kıraathanesini kıraathanelerini 1st plural kıraathanemizi kıraathanelerimizi 2nd plural kıraathanenizi kıraathanelerinizi 3rd plural kıraathanelerini kıraathanelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraathaneme kıraathanelerime 2nd singular kıraathanene kıraathanelerine 3rd singular kıraathanesine kıraathanelerine 1st plural kıraathanemize kıraathanelerimize 2nd plural kıraathanenize kıraathanelerinize 3rd plural kıraathanelerine kıraathanelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraathanemde kıraathanelerimde 2nd singular kıraathanende kıraathanelerinde 3rd singular kıraathanesinde kıraathanelerinde 1st plural kıraathanemizde kıraathanelerimizde 2nd plural kıraathanenizde kıraathanelerinizde 3rd plural kıraathanelerinde kıraathanelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraathanemden kıraathanelerimden 2nd singular kıraathanenden kıraathanelerinden 3rd singular kıraathanesinden kıraathanelerinden 1st plural kıraathanemizden kıraathanelerimizden 2nd plural kıraathanenizden kıraathanelerinizden 3rd plural kıraathanelerinden kıraathanelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kıraathanemin kıraathanelerimin 2nd singular kıraathanenin kıraathanelerinin 3rd singular kıraathanesinin kıraathanelerinin 1st plural kıraathanemizin kıraathanelerimizin 2nd plural kıraathanenizin kıraathanelerinizin 3rd plural kıraathanelerinin kıraathanelerinin

Related terms

• çay ocağı
• çayevi
• kari
• Kur'an

 

Further reading

• “kıraathane”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kıraathane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2615