kafana

English

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Noun

kafana (plural kafanas)

  1. A tavern-cum-restaurant-cum-shop in various Baltic states

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قهوه‌خانه (kahvehâne), from Persian قهوه‌خانه (qahve-xâne).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kafǎna/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧fa‧na
  • Rhymes: -ǎna

Noun

kafàna f (Cyrillic spelling кафа̀на)

  1. pub
  2. tavern
  3. coffeehouse

Declension

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