فنجان

Arabic

فِنْجَان

Etymology

From Classical Persian پنگان (pingān). Or it may be a corruption of the Arabic word falljan فلجان from the root F-L-Jفلج .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin.d͡ʒaːn/

Noun

فِنْجَان • (finjān) m (plural فَنَاجِين (fanājīn))

1. cup

Declension

Declension of noun فِنْجَان (finjān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِنْجَان finjān	الْفِنْجَان al-finjān	فِنْجَان finjān
Nominative	فِنْجَانٌ finjānun	الْفِنْجَانُ al-finjānu	فِنْجَانُ finjānu
Accusative	فِنْجَانًا finjānan	الْفِنْجَانَ al-finjāna	فِنْجَانَ finjāna
Genitive	فِنْجَانٍ finjānin	الْفِنْجَانِ al-finjāni	فِنْجَانِ finjāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِنْجَانَيْن finjānayn	الْفِنْجَانَيْن al-finjānayn	فِنْجَانَيْ finjānay
Nominative	فِنْجَانَانِ finjānāni	الْفِنْجَانَانِ al-finjānāni	فِنْجَانَا finjānā
Accusative	فِنْجَانَيْنِ finjānayni	الْفِنْجَانَيْنِ al-finjānayni	فِنْجَانَيْ finjānay
Genitive	فِنْجَانَيْنِ finjānayni	الْفِنْجَانَيْنِ al-finjānayni	فِنْجَانَيْ finjānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَنَاجِين fanājīn	الْفَنَاجِين al-fanājīn	فَنَاجِين fanājīn
Nominative	فَنَاجِينُ fanājīnu	الْفَنَاجِينُ al-fanājīnu	فَنَاجِينُ fanājīnu
Accusative	فَنَاجِينَ fanājīna	الْفَنَاجِينَ al-fanājīna	فَنَاجِينَ fanājīna
Genitive	فَنَاجِينَ fanājīna	الْفَنَاجِينِ al-fanājīni	فَنَاجِينِ fanājīni

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: فنيان (finyān)
• Hijazi Arabic: فنجان (finjān)
• → Azerbaijani: fincan
• → Georgian: ფინჯანი (pinǯani)
• → Mehri: fīgōn, fíjún
• → Middle Armenian: ֆինջան (finǰan)
• → Persian: فنجان (fenjân)
• → Tajik: финҷон (finjon)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فنجان (fincan) (see there for further descendants)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فِنْجان (finjān), from Persian پنگان (pengân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finˈd͡ʒaːn/, [fɪnˈd͡ʒaːn], [fɪnˈʒaːn]

Noun

فنجان • (finjān) m (plural فناجين (fanājīn))

1. a small cup, usually used for coffee.

See also

• بيالة (biyāla, “a small cup; usually used for tea”)
• كاسة (kāsa, “glass”)
• كوب (kōb, “mug”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِنْجَان (finjān), from Classical Persian پنگان (pingān). Doublet of پنگان (pingân).

Noun

فنجان • (fincan)

1. cup

Descendants

• Turkish: fincan
• → Abkhaz: афырџьан (afərdžan)
  • → Ubykh: fərədʒan
• → Albanian: filxhan
• → Aromanian: filgiane, fligiane
• → Bulgarian: филджа́н (fildžán)
• → Crimean Tatar: filcan
• → Greek: φλιτζάνι (flitzáni), φλυτζάνι (flytzáni)
• → Hungarian: findzsa
• → Northern Kurdish: fîncan
• → Ladino: findjan
• → Macedonian: филџан (fildžan), финџан (findžan), финџал (findžal)
• → Romanian: filigean, felegean
  • → Polish: filiżanka
    • → Belarusian: філіжа́нка (filižánka)
    • → Ukrainian: філіжа́нка (filižánka)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin script: fìldžān, fìndžān

  Cyrillic script: фѝлџа̄н, фѝнџа̄н

• → Zazaki: fincon

Persian

فنجان (fenjân)

Alternative forms

• فِنْجون (fenjun) (colloquial)

Etymology

From Arabic فِنْجان (finjān), from Classical Persian پنگان (pingān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fin.ˈd͡ʒɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fin.d͡ʒɔ́ːn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fen.d͡ʒɒ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fen.d͡ʒɒ́ːn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [fen.d͡ʒúːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fin.d͡ʒɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	finjān
Dari reading?	finjān
Iranian reading?	fenjân
Tajik reading?	finjon

Noun

Dari	فنجان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	финҷон

فِنْجان • (fenjân) (plural فنجان‌ها (fenjân-hâ))

1. cup

   Synonym: جام (jâm)

   فِنْجانِ چای‌خوری ― fenjân-e čây-xori ― teacup

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فِنْجان (finjān), from Classical Persian پنگان (pingān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin.ʒaːn/, [fɪnˈʒæːn], [fɪnˈd͡ʒæːn]

• Audio (Bethlehem):

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Noun

فنجان • (finjān) m (plural فناجين (fanājīn))

1. cup (a small drinking vessel, especially for coffee)

   فنجانين قهوة ― finjānēn ʔahwe ― two cups of coffee

Derived terms

• زوبعة في فنجان (zōbaʕa fi finjān, “a storm in a teacup”)