پیاله

پیاله

See also: بيالة‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• پیغاله‎ (payğâla)

Etymology

From Middle Persian pygʾl (*paygāl, “cup, goblet”). Compare Mazanderani پیلکا‎ (pilëkā), Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “cup, bowl”), Khotanese [script needed] (phalau, “flat dish, bowl”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /pijɒːlæ/
• (Dari): IPA^(key): /pijɒːlæ/
• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /pijɒːle/
  • (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /pijɒːle/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /pijɔːla/

Noun

پیاله • (piyâle) (plural پیاله‌ها‎ (piyâle-hâ))

1. a glass cup or chalice
2. beaker

Descendants

• → Azeri: piyalə
• → Ottoman Turkish: پیاله‎ (piyâle)
  • Turkish: piyale
  • → Russian: пиала (piala)
  • → Ukrainian: піала (piala)
• → Uzbek: piyola

References

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

1. http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-xiii