काफी

See also: काफ़ी, कफ, कोफ़ी, कॉफ़ी, कफी, and कॉफी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.fiː/, [käː.fiː], /kɑː.pʰiː/, [käː.pʰiː]

Etymology 1

Adverb

काफी • (kāfī)

1. nuqtaless form of काफ़ी (kāfī)

Etymology 2

Noun

काफी • (kāfī) f

1. nuqtaless form of काफ़ी (kāfī)

Declension

Declension of काफी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	काफी kāfī	काफियाँ kāfiyā̃
oblique	काफी kāfī	काफियों kāfiyõ
vocative	काफी kāfī	काफियो kāfiyo

Konkani

Alternative forms

• कॉफी (kŏphī)

Etymology

Borrowed from English coffee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑːpʰiː], [kɑːfiː]

Noun

काफी • (kāphī) (Latin script kafi, Kannada script ಕೊಫೀ)

1. coffee (beverage)
2. coffee (plant)

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from English coffee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pʰi/, [ka.pʰiː]

Noun

काफी • (kāphī) f

1. coffee (beverage)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাফী (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬨᬷ (Balinese script)
• কাফী (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰣𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀨𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ကာဖီ (Burmese script)
• કાફી (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਫੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌫𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦦꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂤𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಫೀ (Kannada script)
• កាផី (Khmer script)
• ກາຜີ (Lao script)
• കാഫീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡦᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘣𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠹᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧃𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐦𑐷 (Newa script)
• କାଫୀ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢧꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆦𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖣𑖱 (Siddham script)
• කාඵී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩱𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚟𑚯 (Takri script)
• காபீ² (Tamil script)
• కాఫీ (Telugu script)
• กาผี (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཕཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒤𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨟𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

First attested in 1582. From Hindi काफ़ी (kāfī), from English coffee, from Dutch koffie (“coffee”), from Italian caffè (“coffee”), from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, “coffee”), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”), potentially traced back to the name of the Kaffa region of Ethiopia, which is an Omotic word.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.pʰiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.pʰiː/

Noun

काफी • (kāphī) stem, f

1. coffee

   तिष्ठतु भोः, एकम् काफीं पिबामः। ― tiṣṭhatu bhoḥ, ekam kāphīṃ pibāmaḥ. ― Wait, let's have one coffee.

   भवान् काफीं पिबति उत चायम्?। ― bhavān kāphīṃ pibati uta cāyam?. ― Will you drink coffee or tea?

   आगच्छतु, किञ्चित् काफीं पिबामः। ― āgacchatu, kiñcit kāphīṃ pibāmaḥ. ― Come, let's drink some coffee.

   अद्य अस्माकं कृते काफी अस्ति वा?। ― adya asmākaṃ kṛte kāphī asti vā?. ― Is there coffee for us now?

   काफीं भवान् एव रसितवान्, अतः भवता एव वक्तव्यम्।

   kāphīṃ bhavān eva rasitavān, ataḥ bhavatā eva vaktavyam.

   You only tasted the coffee, so you only need to tell.

   अद्य प्रभाते पञ्चवादने एकं चषकं काफीं एव पीतवान्।

   adya prabhāte pañcavādane ekaṃ caṣakaṃ kāphīṃ eva pītavān.

   All I had was one cup of coffee in the morning at 5 o'clock.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of काफी (kāphī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	काफी kāphī	काफ्यौ / काफी¹ kāphyau / kāphī¹	काफ्यः / काफीः¹ kāphyaḥ / kāphīḥ¹
Vocative	काफि kāphi	काफ्यौ / काफी¹ kāphyau / kāphī¹	काफ्यः / काफीः¹ kāphyaḥ / kāphīḥ¹
Accusative	काफीम् kāphīm	काफ्यौ / काफी¹ kāphyau / kāphī¹	काफीः kāphīḥ
Instrumental	काफ्या kāphyā	काफीभ्याम् kāphībhyām	काफीभिः kāphībhiḥ
Dative	काफ्यै kāphyai	काफीभ्याम् kāphībhyām	काफीभ्यः kāphībhyaḥ
Ablative	काफ्याः / काफ्यै² kāphyāḥ / kāphyai²	काफीभ्याम् kāphībhyām	काफीभ्यः kāphībhyaḥ
Genitive	काफ्याः / काफ्यै² kāphyāḥ / kāphyai²	काफ्योः kāphyoḥ	काफीनाम् kāphīnām
Locative	काफ्याम् kāphyām	काफ्योः kāphyoḥ	काफीषु kāphīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas