قهوه

See also: قهوة and قہوہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). See there for more.

Noun

قهوه • (ḳahve)

1. coffee

Derived terms

• قهوه‌جی (ḳahveci)

Descendants

• Turkish: kahve
• → Albanian: kafe
• → Armenian: խահվե (xahve), ղահվե (ġahve)
• → Bulgarian: кафе (kafe)
• → Georgian: ყაჰვე (q̇ahve) — Chveneburi
• → Greek: καφές (kafés)
• → Italian: caffè
  • → Cimbrian: kafè
  • → Dutch: koffie (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: caffè
  • → Faroese: kaffi
  • → French: café (see there for further descendants)
  • → Irish: caife
  • → Icelandic: kaffi
  • → Maltese: kafè
  • → Mòcheno: kafè
  • → New Latin: cafea
  • → Spanish: café (see there for further descendants)
  • → Swedish: kaffe, caffe
    • → Finnish: kahvi
  • → West Flemish: kaffie
• → Laz: კავე (ǩave)
• → Macedonian: кафе (kafe)
• → Polish: kawa
  • → Yiddish: קאַווע (kave)
• → Sicilian: cafè
  • → Maltese: kafè

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قهوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1502

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa) via Classical Persian قهوه (qahwa).

Noun

قَهْوَه • (qahwa) f

1. coffee

Persian

یک فنجان قهوه

Etymology

From Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qah.wa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäɦ.wä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäɦ.wä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.wä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.wä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæɦ.ve]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäɦ.vä]

Readings
Classical reading?	qahwa
Dari reading?	qahwa
Iranian reading?	ğahve
Tajik reading?	qahva

• Rhymes: -e

Noun

Dari	قهوه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қаҳва

قَهْوِه • (qahve) (plural قهوه‌ها (qahve-hâ))

1. coffee

   Synonym: (informal; usually meaning “café”) کافِه (kâfe)

Derived terms

• قهوه‌ای (qahve-'i)
• قهوه‌خانه (qahve-xâne)
• قهوه‌جوش (qahve-juš)
• قهوه‌ساز (qahve-sâz)
• قهوه‌دان (qahve-dân)

Descendants

• Tajik: қаҳва (qahva)
• → Gujarati: કહવા (kahvā)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: क़हवा (qahvā)
  • Urdu: قَہْوَہ (qahva)
• → Punjabi: قَہْوَہ (qahvah)
• → Sindhi: قَهِوو (qahivo)