پیاله

See also: بيالة

Persian

Alternative forms

• پیغاله (payğâla)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pi.jɑː.la]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɑː.lä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɑː.lä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɑː.lä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɔː.lä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pi.jɒː.le]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰi.jɔ.lä]

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

• → Assamese: পিয়লা (piola)
• → Azerbaijani: piyalə
• → Bashkir: быяла (bıyala)
• → Bengali: পেয়ালা (peẏala)
• → Gujarati: પ્યાલો (pyālo)
• → Gulf Arabic: بيالة
• → Hijazi Arabic: بيالة
• → Iraqi Arabic: بيالة
• → Old Hindi: पियाला (piyālā)
  • Hindustani: pyālā

    Hindi: प्याला

    Urdu: پِیَالَہ (piyāla)

• → Ottoman Turkish: پیاله (piyâle)
  • Turkish: piyale
  • → Russian: пиала (piala)
  • → Ukrainian: піала (piala)
• → Maithili: peālā

  Devanagari script: पॆआला

  Tirhuta script: 𑒣𑒺𑒂𑒪𑒰

• → Marathi: पेला (pelā)
• → Marwari: प्यालौ (pyālau)
• → Odia: ପିଆଲା (piala)
• → Old Punjabi: ਪਿਆਲਾ (piālā)
  • Punjabi: piālā

    Gurmukhi script: ਪਿਆਲਾ

    Shahmukhi script: پیالہ

• → Rohingya: fiala
• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: پِيالو

  Devanagari script: पिआलो

• → Uzbek: piyola

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “*paygāl”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 67