karahvi

From Swedish karaff, from German Karafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrɑhʋi/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑhʋi
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧rah‧vi

karahvi

1. carafe (bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving beverages, especially wine or liquor)
2. decanter (receptacle for decanted wine or liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper)

• viinikannu

• dekantteri

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• “karahvi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02