لیوان
Persian
Etymology
From Azerbaijani Livan qoduş (“small ceramic bowl from Livan”), from the name of the settlement of Livan, which is known for its pottery.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [liː.vɒ́ːn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | livân |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
| Dari | گیلاس |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | لیوان |
| Tajik | истакон |
لیوان • (livân) (plural لیوانها)
- a glass, a mug, a glass cup, drinking vessel
- یک لیوان شیر میخواهید؟ (more literary)
- yek livân šir mi-xâhid?
- یه لیوان شیر میخواین؟ (more colloquial)
- ye livân šir mi-xâyen?
- Would you like a glass of milk?
Usage notes
This word is not usually affected by the colloquial Iranian sound shift of ân /ɒːn/ to un /uːn/ and remains livân /liːvɒːn/ even in the spoken language.
Descendants
- → Central Kurdish: لێوان (lêwan)
See also
- جام (jâm, “cup, goblet”)
- شیشه (šiše, “glass (substance)”)
- آبگینه (âbgine, “glass (both substance and vessel)”)
- فنجان (fenjân, “cup”)
- پیاله (piyâla, “cup”)
References
- ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “لیوان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.