ایاغ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish آیاغ (ayag, “drinking cup”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈjɑːɣ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɑ́ːɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɑ́ːɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɑ́ːɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɔ́ːɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.jɒ́ːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.jɔ́ʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ayāğ
Dari reading?	ayāğ
Iranian reading?	eyâğ
Tajik reading?	ayoġ

Noun

ایاغ • (ayâğ)

1. (archaic) drinking-cup
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 295”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     یکی چو باده پرستان صراحی اندر دست
     یکی چو ساقی مستان به کف گرفته ایاغ

     yakē čū bāda parastān surāhī andar dast
     yakē čū sāqī-yi mastān ba kaff girifta ayāğ

     One like the worshipers of wine, a flask in his hand;
     Another like the cupbearer of the drunken, his palm holding a drinking-cup

     (Classical Persian transliteration)