Coffee - காபி (Ethiopian/Turkish/Arabic)
Tamil words: குழம்பி, கொட்டைவடி நீர்
Coffee seeds has its origin in the Kappa region of Ethiopia. So, it is believed that Coffee got its name from the name of the region it originated from. Many believe the name also goes back to the Turkish word 'Khavè' or the Arab word 'Qahwah', meaning stimulant.
Through the growth of the Arab and the Turkish empire in the middle East roughly during the 10th-15th century CE, coffee trade flourished. From there it became popular in European countries, through the European trade ships in the 17th Century. It took the names, café (French and Spanish), Kaffee (German), caffè (Italian), Coffee (English), Koffie (Dutch) there. From the English empire in India, Coffee consumption spread to the Indian sub-continent in the 19th century. Thereby, the English term for Coffee became Kaapi (காபி) in Tamil.
Tamil academicians translated the English word காபி to குழம்பி in Tamil. கொட்டைவடி நீர் was the Tamil translation, taking into account the process of coffee making, of roasting the seed, powdering it, add boiling water, filter the juice called ‘decoction’. Both these translations has not been in popular use.
I believe we must use a name with its origin intact. So, I would prefer to use காபி rather than குழம்பி, the Tamilised version of the same word.
Tamil words: குழம்பி, கொட்டைவடி நீர்
Coffee seeds has its origin in the Kappa region of Ethiopia. So, it is believed that Coffee got its name from the name of the region it originated from. Many believe the name also goes back to the Turkish word 'Khavè' or the Arab word 'Qahwah', meaning stimulant.
Through the growth of the Arab and the Turkish empire in the middle East roughly during the 10th-15th century CE, coffee trade flourished. From there it became popular in European countries, through the European trade ships in the 17th Century. It took the names, café (French and Spanish), Kaffee (German), caffè (Italian), Coffee (English), Koffie (Dutch) there. From the English empire in India, Coffee consumption spread to the Indian sub-continent in the 19th century. Thereby, the English term for Coffee became Kaapi (காபி) in Tamil.
Tamil academicians translated the English word காபி to குழம்பி in Tamil. கொட்டைவடி நீர் was the Tamil translation, taking into account the process of coffee making, of roasting the seed, powdering it, add boiling water, filter the juice called ‘decoction’. Both these translations has not been in popular use.
I believe we must use a name with its origin intact. So, I would prefer to use காபி rather than குழம்பி, the Tamilised version of the same word.
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