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I learned that 'qahwah' - (Kahwa) - is actually an old Arabic word which was another name for 'wine', but eventually, after coffee was introduced, it came to mean just 'coffee'.
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I learned that 'qahwah'-Kahwa- is actually an old Arabic word which was another name for 'wine', but eventually, after coffee was introduced, it came to mean just 'coffee'.
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So Gordon Brown and the rest of the political elite in this country need to wake up and smell the qahwah coffee in Arabic.
Shh don't mention the "M" word Not a sheep 2007
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Many of the English words you might use on a daily basis are of Arabic origin, such as coffee (‘qahwah’), sugar (‘sukkar’), and cotton (‘qutn’).
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Many of the English words you might use on a daily basis are of Arabic origin, such as coffee (‘qahwah’), sugar (‘sukkar’), and cotton (‘qutn’).
August 2006 2006
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"Ahmad Fatfat Ya Qabaday; wahad qahwah w-tnayn shay" Ahmad Fatfat, O tough guy; One coffee and two tea.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006 As'ad 2006
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"Ahmad Fatfat Ya Qabaday; wahad qahwah w-tnayn shay" Ahmad Fatfat, O tough guy; One coffee and two tea.
Sunday, December 31, 2006 As'ad 2006
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Our word coffee comes from the Arabic qahwah, whose own origin is unclear.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Our word coffee comes from the Arabic qahwah, whose own origin is unclear.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The European languages got the name of the beverage about 1600 from the original Arabic [Arabic] _qahwah_, not directly, but through its
All About Coffee 1909
lea commented on the word qahwah
Arabic word for coffee.
March 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word qahwah
My oft-used phrase in Baghdad was qahwah wasad, coffee with a moderate amount of sugar. As compared to the standard version which was a syrupy cough medicine fed to arms brokers, Somali stooges and spies trying too hard to fit in.
March 7, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word qahwah
The original word for "coffee" from which virtually all others are derived. The phonetic change of hw to f is reasonable, but not the converse, making very implausible phonetically the legend that this word is related to the (former) province of Kaffa in Ethiopia, where it is said to have been first discovered.
March 8, 2009