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findjan

findjan is the alternative form of finjan.

Meaning of finjan

Noun

finjan (plural finjans)

  1. In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, held instead in a zarf.
    • On each side is a tray, covered with a snoy napkin, the edges worked with gold and silver flowers, upon one are handsome finjans in filigree, silver coffee-cups, and sugar-basins; on the other, cut-glass saucers full of delicious candied sweetmeats, of which the orange- flower, violet and rose are...1853, Habeeb Risk Allah Effendi, The thistle and the cedar of Lebanon, page 21

Forms of findjan

pluralfindjans

Questions about findjan

What is findjan the alternative form of?
Findjan is the alternative form of finjan.

Words near findjan in the dictionary

  1. finding the gaps
  2. finding the net
  3. finding time
  4. finding wanting
  5. findings
  6. findjan
  7. findjans
  8. Findlater
  9. Findlay
  10. Findlays
  11. findless

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