jezve

noun /ˈd͡ʒɛzveɪ/

1. A Turkish coffee-pot with a long handle.

   As in many countries around the Mediterranean, coffee in Turkey is prepared in long-handled pots called jezve.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جزوه (Turkish cezve), from Arabic جَذْوَة (jaḏwa) or جِذْوَة (jiḏwa, “ember”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry jezve (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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