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Persian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Noun
لیوان • (livân) (plural لیوانها (livân-hâ))
- 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.
See also
- جام (jâm, “cup, goblet”)
- شیشه (šiše, “glass (substance)”)
- آبگینه (âbgine, “glass (both substance and vessel)”)
- فنجان (fenjân, “cup”)
- پیاله (piyâla, “cup”)