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Turkish coffee being poured from a copper cezve

A cezve (Turkish: cezve, pronounced [dʒezˈve]; Serbo-Croatian: džezva / џезва; Arabic: جِذوَة), also ibriki/briki (Greek: μπρίκι) or srjep (Armenian: սրճեփ), 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 cezveler are also made from stainless steel, aluminium, or ceramics.

Name

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The name cezve is of Turkish origin, where it is a borrowing from Arabic: جِذوَة (jadhwa or jidhwa, meaning 'ember').

The cezve is also known as an ibrik, a Turkish word from Arabic إبريق (ʿibrīq), from Aramaic ܐܖܪܝܩܐ (ʾaḇrēqā), from early Modern Persian *ābrēž (cf. Modern Persian ābrēz), from Middle Persian *āb-rēǰ, ultimately from Old Persian *āp- 'water' + *raiča- 'pour' (cf. Modern Persian and Middle Persian ریختن [rêxtan]).[1][2]

Other names are briki, rakwa, toorka (Турка) in Russian and kanaka.

In Modern Hebrew, it is called finjan (פינג'אן). Arabic coffee is commonly consumed by both Jews and Arabs in Israel,[3] but in the Arab world, the word finjān Arabic: فِنْجَان always refers to a cup for drinking coffee, not the pot in which it is prepared. The semantic shift in Hebrew may have originated when pre-1948 Jewish settlers, who did not speak fluent Arabic, misunderstood the equipment used by Arabs in Nazareth who invited them to drink coffee.[4]

Variations

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In Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia, the cezve is a long-necked coffee pot. In Turkish an ibrik is not a coffee pot, but simply a pitcher or ewer.

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  • Copper cezve with Turkish coffee pouring out
    Copper cezve with Turkish coffee pouring out
  • Utensils to prepare Turkish coffee (handmade from Crete). A cezve is at the bottom.
    Utensils to prepare Turkish coffee (handmade from Crete). A cezve is at the bottom.
  • Turkish coffee set containing a cup of coffee, a cezve and a sugar bowl
    Turkish coffee set containing a cup of coffee, a cezve and a sugar bowl

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1992). A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary: Including the Arabic Words and Phrases to be Met with in Persian Literature, Being, Johnson and Richardson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary, Revised, Enlarged, and Entirely Reconstructed. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0670-8. page 8.
  2. ^ Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University. BRILL. 6 June 2017. ISBN 9789004343047.
  3. ^ The complete travel guide for Israel, p. 209
  4. ^ Miri Tzel Donati (December 10, 2010). "על כוס קפה" [On a cup of coffee]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-06-05.

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