چاینک

Persian

Regional synonyms of "teapot"
Dari	چاینک, چای‌بر
Iranian Persian	قوری
Tajik	чойник, чойнак

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ча́йник (čájnik). In Dari, the final syllable (-ik) was reinterpreted as the much more common (-ak).

Pronunciation

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

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

Readings
Dari reading^?	čāynak
Tajik reading^?	čoynak, čoynik

Noun

چاینک • (čāynak) (Tajik spelling чойнак, or чойник)

(Dari, Tajik) teapot (a vessel for brewing and serving tea)

Further reading

Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “چاینک”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 132
“چاینک”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013
“چاینک”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025
“چاینک”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023