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Ameyhane (from Persian: میخانه translit. meykhaneh) is a traditional restaurantorbarinTurkey, Balkans, Azerbaijan and Iran. It serves alcoholic beverages like wine, rakı, vodka, or beer, with meze and traditional foods.
"Meyhane" means "wine house" and is composed of two Persian words: mey (wine) and khāneh (house).[1]
The word entered the Serbian and Bulgarian languagesasmehana (механа) and in Macedonianasmeana (меана). In Bosnian language the word "mejhana" is used. In Serbia, the word mehana is considered archaic, while in Bulgaria it refers to a restaurant with traditional food, decoration and music.[citation needed]
