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From Arabic بُنّ (bunn).
ބުން • (bun̊) (plural ބުންތައް (bun̊tak̊))
- coffee, coffee bean
- Synonyms: ކޮފީ (kofī), ގަހުވަ (gahuva)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުން”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 39