In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
tubae
plural of tuba (in certain senses)
• beaut
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"ba, n. Etym: [L., trumpet.] (Mus.) (a) An ancient trumpet. (b) A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.