# فنجان
## Arabic
### 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: /fin.d͡ʒaːn/

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

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

### References

* ↑ 2010, Murtada Al-Zubaidi, “Arabic language dictionary”, in Arabic language dictionary‎:الفِنْجَانُ : الفنجالُ، قَدَح صغير من الخزف ونحوه تُشرب فيه القهوة ونحوها(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /finˈd͡ʒaːn/, [fɪnˈd͡ʒaːn], [fɪnˈʒaːn]

### Noun

فنجان • (finjān) m (plural فناجين (fanājīn))
* 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
### Alternative forms

* فلجان (filcan)

### Etymology

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

### Noun

فنجان • (fincan) (definite accusative فنجانی (fincanı), plural فنجانلر (fincanlar))
* cup, a concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material and with a handle
    Synonym: طاس (tas)

#### Derived terms

* ظرفلو فنجان (zarflı fincan, “enveloped cup”)
* فنجان بوركی (fincan böreği, “a variety of burek”)
* فنجان تپسیسی (fincan tepsisi, “saucer”)
* فنجان كبی (fincan gibi, “bursting”)
* فنجانجی (fincancı, “cupmaker”)
* فنجانلق (fincanlık, “holding a cupful”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: fincan
* → Abkhaz: афырџьан (afərdžan)
** → Ubykh: fərədʒan
* → Albanian: filxhan
* → Armenian: ֆինճան (finčan)
* → 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

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “فنجان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 430
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fincan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1594
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “فنجان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 346b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فنجان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 911
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Catinum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 162
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فنجان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3550
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fincan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فنجان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1398

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* فِنْجون (fenjun) (colloquial)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [fin.ˈd͡ʒɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [fɪn.d͡ʒɑ́ːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [fin.d͡ʒɔ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [fen.d͡ʒɒ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [fen.d͡ʒɒ́ːn]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [fen.d͡ʒúːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [fin.d͡ʒɔ́n]

### Noun

فِنْجان • (fenjân) (plural فنجان‌ها (fenjân-hâ))
* 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: /fin.ʒaːn/, [fɪnˈʒæːn], [fɪnˈd͡ʒæːn]
* Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

### Noun

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