stəkan

== Azerbaijani == === Alternative forms === istəkan === Etymology === From Russian стака́н (stakán, “glass”), itself a Turkic borrowing, compare Chagatai [script needed] (tostakan, “wooden bowl”), Tatar тустыган (tustığan, “cup”), Bashkir туҫтаҡ (tuśtaq, “cup for drinking koumiss”), Kazakh тостаған (tostağan, “wooden cup”), borrowed from Persian دوستگان (dustgân), دوستکان (dustkân, “beloved; wine that is drunk with one's beloved; big drinking cup”), from دوستکام (dustkâm, “beloved”), from دوست (dôst) + کام (kâm). === Pronunciation === (standard) IPA(key): [stæˈcɑn] (colloquial) IPA(key): [isdæˈc̟ɑn] (as if spelled isdəkan) (colloquial) IPA(key): [isˈɟ̟ɑn], [isˈɟ̟æn] (as if spelled isgan or isgən) Hyphenation: stə‧kan === Noun === stəkan (definite accusative stəkanı, plural stəkanlar) glass bir stəkan çay ― a cup of tea ==== Usage notes ==== ==== Declension ==== === References === Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “istəkan”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 581