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Where does “ቡና” come from?

ቡና (Amharic) comes from Amharic ቡን, from Arabic بُنّ — coffee plant or seed; brine.

ቡና (Amharic): coffee

Definitions

  1. coffee

Ancestry of “ቡና”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicቡን—
2Arabicبُنّcoffee plant or seed; brine

Words derived from “ቡና”

  • بُنّ
  • mbuni
  • buni
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