Where does “hajrá” come from?
hajrá (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian haj, from Proto-Ugric kajɜ, from Proto-Uralic kaje, from Spanish café, from French café, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.
hajrá (Hungarian): go! come on!; rush, finish
Definitions
- go! come on!; rush, finish
Ancestry of “hajrá”, step by step
hajrá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian haj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | haj | hair; alas |
| 2 | Proto-Ugric | kajɜ | hair |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kaje | hair, grass |
| 4 | Spanish | café | brown; coffee; cafe, coffee shop |
| 5 | French | café | coffee; coffee colour; public house |
| 6 | Italian | caffè | coffee; a café |
| 7 | Turkish | kahve | coffee |
| 8 | Ottoman Turkish | قهوه | coffee |
| 9 | Persian | قهوه | coffee |
| 10 | Arabic | قهوة | wine; coffee; coffee shop, café |