پیاله

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See also: بيالة

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (pygʾl /⁠*paygāl⁠/, “cup, goblet”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour”). Compare Mazanderani پیلکا (pilëkā), Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “cup, bowl”), Khotanese (phalau, “flat dish, bowl”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? piyāla
Dari reading? piyāla
Iranian reading? piyâle
Tajik reading? piyola

Noun

پیاله • (piyâle) (plural پیاله‌ها (piyâle-hâ))

  1. a glass cup or chalice
  2. beaker

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “*paygāl”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 67
  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 180
  2. ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-xiii
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