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.
UIGURS
UIGHUR
Uighur, Uigur, Uygur
(noun) the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
Uighur, Uigur, Uygur
(noun) the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China
Uighur, Uigur, Uygur
(noun) a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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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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