The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
DARSANA
Darsana
(noun) (from the Sanskrit word for ‘to see’) one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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