ساغر

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈɣaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ɣǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ɣǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ɣǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.ɣǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.ɢǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.ʁǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sāğar
Dari reading?	sāğar
Iranian reading?	sâğar
Tajik reading?	soġar

Noun

ساغر • (sâğar)

1. wine cup; wine goblet

   Synonyms: پیاله (piyâle), جام (jâm)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     بوی تو می‌شنیدم و بر یاد روی تو
     دادند ساقیان طرب یک دو ساغرم

     bō-yi tu mē-šunīdam u bar yād-i rō-yi tu
     dādand sāqiyān-i tarab yak du sāğar-am

     I smelled your fragrance, and in the memory of your face,
     The cup-bearers playing music gave me a cup or two.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ساغر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim