قهوة (qahwa) — "coffee" in Modern Standard Arabic

قهوة

qahwa

coffee

Topic
food
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6 of our stories

"coffee" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

قهوة

ahwa

Levantine Arabic

قهْوِة

ʔáhwi

Moroccan Darija

قهْوَة

قهوة in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

الجد يشرب القهوه العربيه على طاوله

al jadd yashrab al qahwa al arabiyya ala tawila

The grandfather drinks Arabic coffee at a table.

from The Boy's Questions

اشرب قهوة سوداء حارة

ashrab qahwa sawda harra

I drink hot black coffee

from Waiting in the Cafe

هم يشربون القهوة معا في الصباح

hum yashraboon alqahwa maan fi assabaah

They drink coffee together in the morning.

from Two Generations in the Office

في المساء امشي في السوق الجميل واشم رائحة القهوة

fi al-masa amshi fi as-suq al-jamil wa-ashummu raihat al-qahwa.

In the evening I walk in the beautiful market and smell the coffee.

from Encounter in the Market

شربنا القهوة معا وتحدثنا عن تفاصيل حياتنا اليومية بعد كل هذه السنوات

Sharibna al qahwa maan wa tahaddathna an tafasil hayatina al yawmiyya bada kulla hadhihi as sanawat

We drank coffee together and talked about the details of our daily lives after all these years

from A Surprise Meeting at the Cafe

فهمتُكَ الآن يا سالم، هل طلبتَ لنا قهوة عربية بالهيل قبل أن نبدأ، أم أطلبها أنا مع بعض التمر؟

Fahimtuka al-aan ya Salim, hal talabta lana qahwah 'arabiyyah bil-hayl qabla an nabda', am atlubuha ana ma'a ba'd at-tamr?

I understand you now, Salem, did you order us Arabic coffee with cardamom before we begin, or should I order it with some dates?

from An Appointment on Al Mutanabbi Street

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