Cezveye

Cezveye is the dative case form of the Turkish noun cezve, which refers to the small pot used for brewing Turkish coffee. In Turkish grammar, the dative suffix marks direction toward a noun, so cezveye is used when the action is directed at or into the cezve. It is not a separate lexical item but an inflected form of cezve.

The form arises from cezve plus the dative suffix and is an example of how Turkish uses vowel harmony and linking sounds to connect case endings with stems. In practice, cezveye appears in sentences describing where an action takes place or where something is being directed.

Usage examples include: Suyu cezveye koyun. (Pour the water into the cezve.) Kahveyi cezveye dökün. (Pour the coffee into the cezve.) Cezveye sıcak su ekleyin. (Add hot water to the cezve.) In these cases, cezveye marks the destination of the action, contrasting with cezca the locative form cezvede (in the cezve).

Cezveye is thus a routine, but important, example of Turkish case grammar and is commonly encountered in culinary texts, language-learning materials, and Turkish recipes that describe the preparation of coffee. See also Turkish grammar, Turkish dative case, cezve.