ܩܗܘܚܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian قهوهخانه (qahve-xâne). Equivalent to ܩܲܗܘܵܐ (qāhwa, “coffee”) + -ܚܵܢܵܐ (ḳana, “place of”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܵܐ • (qāhwaḳana) m (plural ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܹ̈ܐ (qāhwaḳane))
- A café, a coffee shop, a coffeehouse: An establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
- Synonym: ܒܹܝܬ ܩܲܗܘܵܐ (bēt qāhwa)
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢ (qahwāḥān) | 1st person | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܝܼ (qahwāḥānī) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܲܢ (qahwāḥānan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢ (qahwāḥān) | 2nd person | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (qahwāḥānōḵ) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (qahwāḥānāḵ) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qahwāḥānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܵܐ (qahwāḥānā) | 3rd person | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܹܗ (qahwāḥānēh) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܵܗ̇ (qahwāḥānāh) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܗܘܿܢ (qahwāḥānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܝܼ̈ܢ (qahwāḥānīn) | 1st person | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܝܼ̈ (qahwāḥānī) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܲܢ̈ (qahwāḥānan) | |||
| construct | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܲܝ̈ (qahwāḥānay) | 2nd person | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qahwāḥānōḵ) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qahwāḥānāḵ) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qahwāḥānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܹ̈ܐ (qahwāḥānē) | 3rd person | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qahwāḥānūh) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (qahwāḥānōh) | ܩܲܗܘܵܚܵܢܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qahwāḥānayhōn) | |||
Related terms
- ܟ̰ܵܝܚܵܢܵܐ (čayḳana, “teahouse”)