काफ़ी

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑː.fiː/, [käː.fiː], /kɑː.pʰiː/, [käː.pʰiː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian کافی (kāfī), from Arabic كَافِي (kāfī, “enough”). Compare Punjabi ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (kāfī).

Adjective

काफ़ी • (kāfī) (Urdu spelling کافی)

  1. enough, sufficient

Adverb

काफ़ी • (kāfī) (Urdu spelling کافی)

  1. quite
See also

Etymology 2

From क़ाफ़िया (qāfiyā, “rhyme”), ultimately from Arabic قَافِيَة (qāfiya).

Proper noun

काफ़ी • (kāfī) f (Urdu spelling کافی)

  1. (Indian Classical Music) a late-night raga in the Kafi thaat
  2. (Indian Classical Music) a thaat, named for its principal raga
Declension
Declension of काफ़ी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct काफ़ी
kāfī		 काफ़ियाँ
kāfiyā̃
oblique काफ़ी
kāfī		 काफ़ियों
kāfiyõ
vocative काफ़ी
kāfī		 काफ़ियो
kāfiyo

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English coffee.

Noun

काफ़ी • (kāfī) f (Urdu spelling کافی)

  1. Alternative form of कॉफ़ी (kŏfī)
Declension
Declension of काफ़ी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct काफ़ी
kāfī		 काफ़ियाँ
kāfiyā̃
oblique काफ़ी
kāfī		 काफ़ियों
kāfiyõ
vocative काफ़ी
kāfī		 काफ़ियो
kāfiyo
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