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Cezve

A (, ; ; ), also / () or (), is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed specifically to make Turkish coffee, and certain forms of Arabic 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 ( or , meaning 'ember').

The is also known as an , a Turkish word from Arabic (). This term was loaned from medieval Eastern Aramaic forms in , and originated in New Persian (cf. Farsi ), from Middle Persian , ultimately from Old Persian 'water' + 'pour' (New Persian []).

Other variants are ghalaya, bakraj, briki, rakwa, () in Russian and kanaka.

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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