কাহোয়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • কাহওয়া (kahẇa), কাহুয়া (kahuẏa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قهوه (qahwa), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). Cognate with Hindi कहवा (kahvā), Gujarati કહવા (kahvā), Punjabi ਕਾਹਵਾ (kāhvā), Urdu قہوہ (qahva).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kaho̯a/, [ˈkaho̯aˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kaho̯a/, [ˈkaho̯aˑ]

Noun

কাহোয়া • (kahōẇa)

  1. coffee
    Synonym: কফি (kophi)
  2. kahwah