لیوان

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لیوان • (livân) (plural لیوان‌ها (livân-hâ))

1. 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?

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.

• جام (jâm, “cup, goblet”)
• شیشه (šiše, “glass (substance)”)
• آبگینه (âbgine, “glass (both substance and vessel)”)
• فنجان (fenjân, “cup”)
• پیاله (piyâla, “cup”)