A (, ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, džezva, separator=" / ", џезва; ), also / () or (), is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed specifically to make
Turkish coffee. It is traditionally made of brass or copper, occasionally also silver or gold. In more recent times are also made from stainless steel, aluminium, or ceramics.
Name
The name is of
Turkish origin, where it is a borrowing from ( or , meaning 'ember').
The is also known as an , a Turkish word from
Arabic
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(), from
Aramaic
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(), from early Modern Persian (cf. Modern Persian ), from Middle Persian , ultimately from Old Persian 'water' + 'pour' (cf. Modern Persian and Middle Persian []).
Other names are briki, rakwa, () in Russian (language), Russian and kanaka.
In Modern Hebrew, it is called ' ().
Arabic coffee is commonly consumed by both Jews and Arabs in Israel, but in the
Arab world
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, the word ' always refers to
a ''cup'' for drinking coffee, not the pot in which it is prepared. The
semantic shift
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in Hebrew may have originated when
pre-1948 Jewish settlers, who did not speak fluent Arabic, misunderstood the equipment used by Arabs in
Nazareth
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who invited them to drink coffee.
Variations
In Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia, the is a long-necked coffee pot. In Turkish an is not a coffee pot, but simply a pitcher or
ewer.
Gallery
File:Bakırcezve-fincan.jpg, Copper with Turkish coffee pouring out
File:Mocca2.JPG, Utensils to prepare Turkish coffee (handmade from Crete
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). A is at the bottom.
File:Turska kava.jpg, Turkish coffee set containing a cup of coffee, a and a sugar bowl
See also
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Dallah (Arabic coffee pot)
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Jebena (Ethiopian coffee pot)
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Arabic coffee
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Turkish coffee
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List of cooking vessels
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References
Sources
alt.coffee thread archive regarding cezve word origin
Comech's cezve page at tamu.edu
{{Cuisine of Turkey, instrument
Cooking vessels
Coffee preparation
Turkish words and phrases
Coffee culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Food and drink in Turkey