काफी

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

काफी • (kāfī)

1. nuqtaless form of काफ़ी (kāfī)

काफी • (kāfī) f

1. nuqtaless form of काफ़ी (kāfī)

Borrowed from English coffee.

• IPA^(key): /ka.pʰi/, [ka.pʰiː]

काफी • (kāphī) f

1. coffee (beverage)

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.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.pʰiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.pʰiː/

काफी • (kāphī) f

1. coffee

   तिष्ठतु भोः, एकम् काफीं पिबामः। ― tiṣṭhatu 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.