لیوان
Persian edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [liː.vɒ́ːn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | livân |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun edit
| Dari | گیلاس |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | لیوان |
| Tajik | истакон |
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 edit
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.