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.
JAMBOK
Noun
jambok (plural jamboks)
Alternative spelling of sjambok
Verb
jambok (third-person singular simple present jamboks, present participle jambokking, simple past and past participle jambokked)
Alternative spelling of sjambok
Anagrams
• Kamboj
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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