ساغر

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saː.ˈɣar/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.ˈɢæɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.ˈʁäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sāġar
Dari reading^?	sāġar
Iranian reading^?	sâġar
Tajik reading^?	soġar

Noun

ساغر • (sāġar / sâġar) (Tajik spelling соғар)

wine cup; wine goblet
Synonyms: پیاله (piyāla / piyâle), جام (jām / 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 sāġar-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