काफी

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

काफी • (kāfī)

  1. nuqtaless form of काफ़ी (kāfī)

Noun

काफी • (kāfī) f

  1. nuqtaless form of काफ़ी (kāfī)
Declension

Konkani

Alternative forms

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from English coffee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.pʰi/, [ka.pʰiː]

Noun

काफी • (kāphī) f

  1. coffee (beverage)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

Noun

काफी • (kāphī) stem, f

  1. coffee
    तिष्ठतु भोः, एकम् काफीं पिबामःtiṣṭhatu 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
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