kafana

English

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Noun

kafana (plural kafanas)

  1. A tavern-cum-restaurant-cum-shop in various Balkan states
    • 2023 November 22, Camilla Bell-Davies, “‘People dance on tables’: welcome to Belgrade’s kafana pub culture”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2023-11-22, Travel:
      Kafanas are Serbia’s tavernas: a restaurant, pub and music venue operating from morning to late night. Regulars come for a lively breakfast before work, families throw weddings and celebrations here, business deals are cut and sorrow drowned in dark corners. They were so central to people’s daily lives that friends and the postman would come to find you at your local kafana, not your home.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قهوه‌خانه (kahvehâne), from Persian قهوه‌خانه (qahve-xâne).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kafǎna/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧fa‧na
  • Rhymes: -ǎna

Noun

kafàna f (Cyrillic spelling кафа̀на)

  1. pub
  2. tavern
  3. coffeehouse

Declension
Declension of kafana
singular plural
nominative kafàna kafane
genitive kafane kafánā
dative kafani kafanama
accusative kafanu kafane
vocative kafano kafane
locative kafani kafanama
instrumental kafanom kafanama

Further reading
  • “kafana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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