kahvaltı

Meaning

breakfast (first meal of the day)

Concepts

breakfast

have breakfast

lunch

dinner

tiffin

breakie

snack

Synonyms

kahvalti

Translations

Frühstück

petit déjeuner

déjeuner

colazione

desayuno

ontbijt

desjejum

pequeno-almoço

prima colazione

café da manhã

πρωινό

πρόγευμα

esmorzar

dejunar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kah.vaɫˈtɯ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قهوه آلتی

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قهوه آلتی (ḳahve altı, “food taken before coffee; especially breakfast or lunch”), from قهوه (ḳahve) and آلت (alt), equivalent to kahve (“coffee”) + alt (“under, lower, below”) + -ı (possessive suffix), literally “under coffee”.