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.
WAW
waw
(noun) the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
WAW (uncountable)
(computing) Initialism of write after write, a kind of data hazard.
Anagrams
• aww
Etymology 1
Verb
waw (third-person singular simple present waws, present participle wawing, simple past and past participle wawed)
(transitive, obsolete) To stir; move; wave.
Etymology 2
Noun
waw (plural waws)
(obsolete, water) A wave.
Etymology 3
Noun
waw (plural waws)
(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A wall.
Etymology 4
Noun
waw (plural waws)
The twenty-seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet: و.
Alternative spelling of vav
Anagrams
• aww
Source: Wiktionary
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