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

• kavàna

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 (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024