kahverengi

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قهوه رنگی (kahve rengi). By surface analysis, kahve (“coffee”) +‎ renk (“color”) +‎ -i (possessive suffix), literally “the color of coffee”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑhˈve.ɾen.ɟi/

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• Hyphenation: kah‧ve‧ren‧gi

Noun

kahverengi

1. brown

   Synonym: konur

Adjective

kahverengi

1. brown

See also

Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)

beyaz, ak	gri, boz	siyah, kara
kırmızı, kızıl; al	turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz	sarı; bej
limon çürüğü	yeşil	nane yeşili
camgöbeği; turkuaz	gök, mavi	lacivert
eflatun; mor	pembe; mor	yavruağzı

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قهوه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 995
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قهوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1502