A (, ; ; ), also / (), () is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed specifically to make Turkish 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 (), from Aramaic (ʾaḇrēqā), from early Modern Persian (cf. Modern Persian ), from Middle Persian , ultimately from Old Persian 'water' + 'pour' (cf. Modern Persian and Middle Persian []).
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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See also
Dallah (Arabic coffee pot) Jebena (Ethiopian coffee pot) Arabic coffee Turkish coffee List of cooking vessels