Definitions
n. Coffee.
Example Sentences
"The ladies would visit and have caveh (coffee), pipitas (roasted/salted pumpkin seeds), tarmuzis (fava or lupine beans, steamed and popped out of the skin, as edamame is today), sweets and fresh fruits." (Sephardic Heritage Cookbook: Ottoman, Persian, Moroccan, Egyptian Recipes and More by Sephardic Temple Or Chadash Sisterhood)
Languages of Origin
- Ladino
Etymology
קאב׳י kave
- Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire
- North America
- None
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Alternative Spellings
kaveh, caveh, cave
Notes
'Kave Turko' is Turkish coffee.
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