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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قهوه آلتی (ḳahve altı, “food taken before coffee; especially breakfast or lunch”),[1][2][3] from قهوه (ḳahve) and آلت (alt), equivalent to kahve (“coffee”) + alt (“under, lower, below”) + -ı (possessive suffix), literally “under coffee”.[4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kah.vaɫˈtɯ/, (colloquial) /kaːvaɫˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: kah‧val‧tı
Noun
kahvaltı (definite accusative kahvaltıyı, plural kahvaltılar)
- breakfast (first meal of the day)
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قهوه آلتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 181
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قهوه آلتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 995
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قَهوه آلتی”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1121
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kahvaltı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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