филџан

Macedonian

Alternative forms

• финџан (findžan), финџал (findžal)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax)bor.

Aramaic פִּינְכָא (pīnəkā)

Classical Syriac ܦܝܢܟܐ (pīnəḵā)bor.?

Classical Persian پِنْگَان (pingān)bor.

Arabic فِنْجَان (finjān)bor.

Ottoman Turkish فنجان (fincan)bor.

Macedonian филџан

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فنجان (fincan), borrowed from Arabic فِنْجَان (finjān), borrowed from Classical Persian پِنْگَان (pingān), possibly borrowed from Classical Syriac ܦܝܢܟܐ (pīnəḵā), from Aramaic פִּינְכָא (pīnəkā), borrowed from Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiɫd͡ʒan]

Noun

филџан • (fildžan) m (diminutive филџанче)

1. a small, traditional coffee cup

Declension

Declension of филџан

	singular	plural
indefinite	филџан (fildžan)	филџани (fildžani)
definite unspecified	филџанот (fildžanot)	филџаните (fildžanite)
definite proximal	филџанов (fildžanov)	филџаниве (fildžanive)
definite distal	филџанон (fildžanon)	филџанине (fildžanine)
vocative	филџану (fildžanu)	филџани (fildžani)
count form	—	филџана (fildžana)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• фѝнџа̄н

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax)bor.

Aramaic פִּינְכָא (pīnəkā)

Classical Syriac ܦܝܢܟܐ (pīnəḵā)bor.?

Classical Persian پِنْگَان (pingān)bor.

Arabic فِنْجَان (finjān)bor.

Ottoman Turkish فنجان (fincan)bor.

Serbo-Croatian филџан

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فنجان (fincan), borrowed from Arabic فِنْجَان (finjān), borrowed from Classical Persian پِنْگَان (pingān), possibly borrowed from Classical Syriac ܦܝܢܟܐ (pīnəḵā), from Aramaic פִּינְכָא (pīnəkā), borrowed from Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fǐld͡ʒaːn/
• Hyphenation: фил‧џан

Noun

фѝлџа̄н m inan (Latin spelling fìldžān)

1. a very small, traditional coffee cup

Declension

Declension of филџан

	singular	plural
nominative	фѝлџа̄н	филџани
genitive	филџа́на	филџана
dative	филџану	филџанима
accusative	филџан	филџане
vocative	филџане	филџани
locative	филџану	филџанима
instrumental	филџаном	филџанима

Further reading

• “филџан”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026