فِلْجَانٌ
Root: فلج
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فِلْجَانٌ
, [said to be] from فِلْجٌ signifying “ a certain measure of capacity, ” [but app. from the Pers. فِنْجَان,] A [small porcelain or earthenware] cup out of which coffee &c. is drunk; commonly pronounced by the vulgar فِنْجَان and فِنْجَال [from the Pers. پِنْگَان and پِنْگَال, and also called
فِلْجَانَةٌ , vulgarly فِنْجَانَة; and
: (see سَوْمَلَةٌ:) pl. فَلَاجِينُ and فَنَاجِينُ and فَنَاجِيلُ].
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