چایدان

See also: چايدان

Persian

Alternative forms

چایدون (čâydun) (Tehrani)

Etymology

From (čāy / čây, “tea”) +‎ (-dān / dân, “container”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaːj.ˈdaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj.d̪ɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäj.d̪ɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːj.d̪ɒ́ːn]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːj.d̪úːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔj.d̪ɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čāydān
Dari reading^?	čāydān
Iranian reading^?	čâydân
Tajik reading^?	čoydon

Noun

چایدان • (čāydān / čâydân) (plural چایدان‌ها (čāydān-hā / čâydân-hâ), Tajik spelling чойдон)

tea caddy (a box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves)

Related terms

چای‌گیر (čāy-gīr / čây-gir, “tea thermos”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: çaydan
→ Georgian: ჩაიდანი (čaidani)
→ Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (çaydan)
- Turkish: çaydan
- → North Levantine Arabic: تشايدان (tšāydān)
→ Uyghur: چايدان (chaydan)
→ Urdu: چا دان (chā-dān), چائے دان (chāe-dān)