قهوة

See also: قهوه‎ and قہوہ‎

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown. Sources differ as to whether it originally also meant "wine". Some sources trace the term back to the Omotic Kaffa, the name of the region in Ethiopia where coffee was first grown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qah.wa/
- (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ʔah.wa/
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ɡah.wa/

Noun

قَهْوَة • (qahwa) f (plural قَهَوَات‎ (qahawāt) or قَهَاوٍ‎ (qahāwin), plural construct state قَهَاوِي‎ (qahāwī))

coffee (the drink)
(colloquial) coffee shop, café (colloquial use)
(obsolete) wine

Declension

Declension of noun قَهْوَة (qahwa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَهْوَة qahwa	الْقَهْوَة‎ al-qahwa	قَهْوَة qahwat
Nominative	قَهْوَةٌ qahwatun	الْقَهْوَةُ‎ al-qahwatu	قَهْوَةُ qahwatu
Accusative	قَهْوَةً qahwatan	الْقَهْوَةَ‎ al-qahwata	قَهْوَةَ qahwata
Genitive	قَهْوَةٍ qahwatin	الْقَهْوَةِ‎ al-qahwati	قَهْوَةِ qahwati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَهْوَتَيْن‎ qahwatayn	الْقَهْوَتَيْن‎ al-qahwatayn	قَهْوَتَيْ‎ qahwatay
Nominative	قَهْوَتَانِ‎ qahwatāni	الْقَهْوَتَانِ‎ al-qahwatāni	قَهْوَتَا‎ qahwatā
Accusative	قَهْوَتَيْنِ‎ qahwatayni	الْقَهْوَتَيْنِ‎ al-qahwatayni	قَهْوَتَيْ‎ qahwatay
Genitive	قَهْوَتَيْنِ‎ qahwatayni	الْقَهْوَتَيْنِ‎ al-qahwatayni	قَهْوَتَيْ‎ qahwatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَهَوَات‎‎; قَهَاوِي‎ qahawāt‎; qahāwī	الْقَهَوَات‎‎; الْقَهَاوِي‎ al-qahawāt‎; al-qahāwī	قَهَوَات‎‎; قَهَاوِي‎ qahawāt‎; qahāwī
Nominative	قَهَوَاتٌ‎‎; قَهَاوٍ‎ qahawātun‎; qahāwin	الْقَهَوَاتُ‎‎; الْقَهَاوِي‎ al-qahawātu‎; al-qahāwī	قَهَوَاتُ‎‎; قَهَاوِي‎ qahawātu‎; qahāwī
Accusative	قَهَوَاتٍ‎‎; قَهَاوِيَ‎ qahawātin‎; qahāwiya	الْقَهَوَاتِ‎‎; الْقَهَاوِيَ‎ al-qahawāti‎; al-qahāwiya	قَهَوَاتِ‎‎; قَهَاوِيَ‎ qahawāti‎; qahāwiya
Genitive	قَهَوَاتٍ‎‎; قَهَاوٍ‎ qahawātin‎; qahāwin	الْقَهَوَاتِ‎‎; الْقَهَاوِي‎ al-qahawāti‎; al-qahāwī	قَهَوَاتِ‎‎; قَهَاوِي‎ qahawāti‎; qahāwī

Related terms

مَقْهًى‎ m (maqhan)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: qəhvə
→ Bashkir: ҡәһүә (qähüä)
→ Malay: kahwa
→ Ottoman Turkish: قهوه‎ (kahve)
- Turkish: kahve
- → Armenian: խահվե (xahve), ղահվե (łahve)
- → Georgian: ყავა (q̇ava)
  - → Armenian: ղ՛ավա (ł́ava)
- → Italian: caffè
  - → Dutch: koffie
    - → English: coffee
    - → Japanese: コーヒー (kōhī)
    - → Korean: 커피 (keopi)
    - → Malay: kopi
      - → Indonesian: kopi
    - → Russian: ко́фе (kófe)
      - → Armenian: կոֆե (kofe)
  - → French: café
    - → Chinese: 咖啡 (kāfēi) (Mandarin, Cantonese)
    - → English: café (“coffeeshop”)
    - → Russian: кафе́ (kafɛ́, “coffeeshop”)
  - → Portuguese: café
- → Belarusian: ка́ва (káva)
- → Czech: káva
- → Polish: kawa
- → Ukrainian: ка́ва (káva)
→ Persian: قهوه‎ (qahve)
- Tajik: қаҳва (qahva)
→ Tatar: каһвә (qahwä)
→ Uyghur: قەھۋە‏‎ (qehwe‏)
→ Uzbek: qahva

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “قهوة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

قَهْوَة

Etymology

From Arabic قَهْوَة‎ (qahwa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡah.wa/

Noun

قَهْوَة • (gahwa) f

(plural قَهْوات‎ ‎(gahwāt))

coffee
coffee shop, café (rare)