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.
PANDURA
Etymology
Noun
pandura (plural panduras)
(musical instrument) An Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute with three strings that were stopped with a fingerboard to alter the tone, and with either a mandolin- or banjo-like shape.
Source: Wiktionary
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7 January 2025
UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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