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”)