Cezve Explained

A (Turkish: cezve, in Turkish pronounced as /dʒezˈve/; džezva|separator=" / "|џезва; Arabic: جِذوَة), also / (Greek, Modern (1453-);: μπρίκι), (Armenian: սրճեփ) 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 Arabic: جِذوَة (or, meaning 'ember').

The is also known as an, a Turkish word from Arabic Arabic: إبريق, from Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܐܖܪܝܩܐ (Classical Syriac: ʾaḇrēqā), from early Modern Persian (cf. Modern Persian), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Old Persian 'water' + 'pour' (cf. Modern Persian and Middle Persian Persian: ریختن [{{Transl|fa|rêxtan}}]).[1] [2]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Steingass, Francis Joseph. Francis Joseph Steingass. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary: Including the Arabic Words and Phrases to be Met with in Persian Literature, Being, Johnson and Richardson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary, Revised, Enlarged, and Entirely Reconstructed. 1992. Asian Educational Services. 978-81-206-0670-8. page 8.
  2. Book: Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University. 9789004343047. 6 June 2017. BRILL.