กาแฟ
Thai
Etymology
Borrowed from French café, borrowed from Italian caffè, first appearing as the form caveé, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Cognate with Lao ກາເຟ (kā fē).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | กาแฟ k ā æ v | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | กา-แฟ k ā – æ v | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | gaa-fɛɛ |
| Royal Institute | ka-fae | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kaː˧.fɛː˧/(R) | |
Noun
กาแฟ • (gaa-fɛɛ)
- coffee (beverage, tree, bean, or color).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “กาแฟ” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.