Etymology

ghawa syndrome

Today it means: A phenomenon in some Arabic dialects in which the second consonant in a word forms a cluster with the first consonant. Full definition →

Arabic قَهْوَة
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromقَهْوَة“coffee”
  2. English todayghawa syndrome

Named after the resyllabification of dialectal Arabic قَهْوَة (gahwa, “coffee”) as قْهَوَة (ghawa), which is the prototypical example of the phenomenon.

Words from the same roots

Arabicقَهْوَة all →

coffeecafeteriakahweol

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