قهوه‌خانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (qahve-xâne).

Noun

قهوه‌خانه • (kahvehane)

coffeehouse

Descendants

→ Romanian: cafenea
Turkish: kahvehane

Persian

Alternative forms

قَهْوِه‌خونِه (ġahve-xune) — colloquial Tehrani

Etymology

From (qahwa / ġahve, “coffee”) +‎ (xāna / xâne, “house”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qah.wa xaː.ˈna/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäɦ.wä xɑː.nä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.wä xɑː.nä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.wä xɔː.nä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæɦ.ve xɒː.ne]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [qæɦ.ve xuː.ne]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäɦ.vä χɔ.nä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qahwa xāna
Dari reading^?	qahwa xāna
Iranian reading^?	ġahve xâne
Tajik reading^?	qahva xona

Noun

قهوه‌خانه • (qahwa-xāna / ġahve-xâne) (plural قهوه‌خانه‌ها (qahwa-xāna-hā / ġahve-xâne-hâ), Tajik spelling қаҳвахона)

coffeehouse
Synonym: کَافِه (kâfe)
teahouse
Synonym: چَایْخَانَه (čāyxāna / čâyxâne)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: કાવાખાનું (kāvākhānũ)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قهوه‌خانه (kahvehane)
- → Romanian: cafenea
- Turkish: kahvehane
→ Uyghur: قەھۋەخانا (qehwexana)
→ Uzbek: qahvaxona