# java
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːvə

### Etymology 1

From Java, an island on and near which a particular blend of coffee is made. The US use of the term to refer to any coffee originated in San Francisco, an early center of the US coffee trade.

#### Noun

java (countable and uncountable, plural javas)
* A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
* (US, colloquial) Coffee in general.
** 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:45 have some joe Week's almost over—now bring it home. Austrian researchers found that a cup of java resulted in a 45-minute boost of brain activity in the regions responsible for attention, concentration, and short-term memory.

##### Related terms

* Java

### Etymology 2

From French java.

#### Noun

java (plural javas)
* A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.
** 2015, Luc Sante, The Other Paris: An illustrated journey through a city's poor and Bohemian past‎, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:The java is the dance of the moment among a certain less desirable crowd, and this prohibition is enough to keep out the desperadoes who foregather every afternoon at the Petit-Balcon dance hall down the street.

### Further reading

* Java (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ Gregory Dicum (2010 April 8) “Small Bay Area Coffee Roasters Spread Out”, in New York Times‎

## Albanian
### Noun

java f
* definite of javë

## Cypriot Arabic

* Root
* j-v-v
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic جَوَّة (jawwa).

### Adverb

java
* inside; at home

### References

* Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 189

## French
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒa.va/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

java f (plural javas)
* (dance) a popular dance developed in 1920s Paris
** 1936, “La java de Cézigue”, performed by Edith Piaf:On vous corne dans les oreilles / Que les javas sont toutes pareilles / Et ben ceux qui disent ça / C’est qu’ils connaissent pas / Cézigue et sa java. Hop !(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* faire la java

### Further reading

* “java”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* java (danse) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{fr}$

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Lexicalization of the jav- stem variant of the adjective jó (“good”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɒvɒ]
* Hyphenation: ja‧va
* Rhymes: -vɒ

### Noun

java (uncountable)
* (with a possessive suffix) the best (part) (the best or most important part of something)
    Synonym: legjava
    A java még hátravan! ― The best (part) is yet to come!
* (with a possessive suffix) someone’s benefit, advantage, interest
    Ez az ő javát szolgálja. ― This is for his/her own good. (literally, “…serves…”)

#### Derived terms

* javában
* javából
* javára
* megette a kenyere javát

#### Related terms

* javak
* jó
* legjava
* színe-java

### Further reading

* java , redirecting to certain senses of jó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Latvian
### Noun

java f (4th declension)
* (construction) mortar (building material)

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀚𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* जव (Devanagari script)
* জৰ (Bengali script)
* ජව (Sinhalese script)
* ဇဝ or ၹဝ (Burmese script)
* ชว or ชะวะ (Thai script)
* ᨩᩅ (Tai Tham script)
* ຊວ or ຊະວະ (Lao script)
* ជវ (Khmer script)
* 𑄎𑅇 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जव (java).

### Noun

java m
* speed
* strength

### Further reading

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “java”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From jȃv.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jǎːʋa/
* Hyphenation: ja‧va

### Noun

jáva f (Cyrillic spelling ја́ва)
* reality
* The state opposite of the sleeping or dreaming state, wakefulness.

#### Related terms

* jȃv

### References

* “java”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024