กาแฟ

Thai

Etymology

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 f
Phonemic		กา-แฟ k ā – æ f
Romanization	Paiboon	gaa-fɛɛ
	Royal Institute	ka-fae
(standard) IPA(key)		/kaː˧.fɛː˧/(R)

Noun

กาแฟ • (gaa-fɛɛ)

1. coffee (beverage, tree, bean, or color).