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Where does “филџан” come from?

филџан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish فنجان, from Arabic فِنْجَان, from Persian پنگان, from Classical Syriac ܦܝܢܟܐ, from Aramaic פינכא, from Ancient Greek πίναξ, from Latin -ulum, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

филџан (Serbo-Croatian): a very small, traditional coffee cup

Definitions

  1. a very small, traditional coffee cup

Ancestry of “филџан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفنجانcup
2Arabicفِنْجَان—
3Persianپنگانcup; bowl; water clock, clepsydra
4Classical Syriacܦܝܢܟܐdish, platter, paten; table; writing tablet
5Aramaicפינכאdish, platter
6Ancient Greekπίναξboard, plank; tablet; dish, plate, platter,...
7Latin-ulumUsed to form a noun of instrument or means from a...
8Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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