karahvi
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- carafe bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving beverages, especially wine or liquor
- decanter receptacle for decanted wine or liquor, especially a crystal bottle with a stopper
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish karaff derived from German Karafe derived from Italian caraffa derived from Arabic غُرْفَة (cup dipper).
Origin
Arabic
غُرْفَة
Gloss
cup dipper
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- karahviviini Finnish
- lasi Finnish
- lasikarahvi Finnish
- viini Finnish
- viinikarahvi Finnish
- Karafe German
- caraffa Italian
- carafe French
- garrafa Spanish, Castilian
- garrafa Portuguese
- karaff Swedish
- غُرْفَة Arabic
- garrafa Catalan, Valencian
- καράφα Greek (modern)
- għorfa Maltese
- *garrā Gaulish
- جَارْفَا Andalusian Arabic