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.
PAREV
Adjective
parev (not comparable)
Alternative form of pareve
Usage notes
In Yiddish, פּאַרעוו is the predicative form and פּאַרעווע the attributive form of the adjective. Some speakers familiar with Yiddish use this distribution in English as well, e.g. My mom made a pareve casserole but This casserole is parev.
Anagrams
• parve, paver, vaper
Source: Wiktionary
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