Where does “kahvaltı” come from?

kahvaltı (Turkish) comes from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه, from Arabic قهوة — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

kahvaltı (Turkish): breakfast first meal of the day

Definitions

  1. breakfast first meal of the day

Ancestry of “kahvaltı”, step by step

kahvaltı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kahve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkahvecoffee
2Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
3Persianقهوهcoffee
4Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Turkish altı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishaltısix; inflection of alt: ## accusative singular ##...
Every word from Arabic قهوة →Every word from Persian قهوه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه →