9ahwa قهوة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“9ahwa” (قهوة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning coffee (drink).
Meanings
- coffee (drink)
- café (place)
Usage
9ahwa refers both to the drink and to the place where people meet to drink it, often men, to play cards or watch a match. The plural is 9hewi, and it refers mostly to the establishments. The type of coffee is often specified: 9ahwa 3arbi (Turkish coffee), express, capucin, direct. "N9a3dou fil 9ahwa" means to spend time at the café. With a possessive or a complement, the form becomes 9ahwet: "9ahwet esbe7" (the morning coffee). The word belongs to everyday life and is used in all registers.
Example
صباح ال خير , هيّا نحضر لكم ال قهوة
Sbe7 el 5ir , haya n7a4relkom el 9ahwa
“Good morning, come on, I'll make you your coffee.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9ahwa” but also “kahwa”, “qahwa”, “9ahwe” and “gahwa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9ahwa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “coffee (drink)”; “café”: 9ahwa in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “coffee (drink)”; “café (place)”: 9ahwa in Algerian.