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.
PARADIDDLE
paradiddle, roll, drum roll
(noun) the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Imitative.
Noun
paradiddle (plural paradiddles)
(music) A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments) which involves playing four even strokes in the order ‘right left right right’ or ‘left right left left’
Verb
paradiddle (third-person singular simple present paradiddles, present participle paradiddling, simple past and past participle paradiddled)
To produce percussive sounds of this kind.
Source: Wiktionary
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