Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‌جی (ḳahveci).

Noun

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قَهْوَجِيّ (qahwajiyym (dialectal)

  1. coffeeman
    1. the owner of a coffeehouse
    2. a person who makes coffee in an establishment, a coffee-maker, a coffee cook

Further reading

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قهوجي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‌جی (ḳahveci).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قَهْوَجي (gahwajim (plural قَهْوَجِيِّين (gahwajiyyīn), feminine قَهْوَجِيَّة (gahwajiyya))

  1. coffeeman; a person who serves coffee in an event
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