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стакан

/[stɐˈkan]/
Russiannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    glass, cup, beaker, tumbler (a cylindrical drinking vessel without a stem or handle)

    • стака́н воды́

      stakán vodý — glass of water

    • стака́н ча́ю

      stakán čáju — cup of tea

  2. 2.
    beaker
  3. 3.
    cylindrical case, (hollow) cylinder
  4. 4.
    cup (a customary unit of measure used in cooking, equal to 200 ml)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • подстака́нник
  • устака́нить
  • устака́нивать
  • устака́ниться
  • устака́ниваться
  • бу́ря в стака́не
  • бу́ря в стака́не воды́
  • ва́фельный стака́нчик

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́ Proto-Iranian *jawštā́ Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠⁠/) Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/) Persian دوست Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂mos Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas Proto-Iranian *káHmah Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (k-a-m) Middle Persian 𐭠𐭬𐭪 (ʾmk) Persian کام Persian دوستکام Classical Persian دوسْتْکَان (dōstkān)bor.? Chagatai طوسطاکان (ṭwsṭākān)influ.? Persian دوستکانbor.? Persian دوستکام Persian دوستگانbor. Tatar тустыган (tustığan)influ. Classical Persian دوسْتَکَان (dōstakān)bor.? Classical Persian دوسْتَگَان (dōstagān)bor. Kazakh тостаған (tostağan)influ. Persian دوستکانbor.? Persian دوستگانbor. Bashkir туҫтаҡ (tuśtaq)influ. Old East Slavic достоканъ (dostokanŭ) Russian стакан (stakan) Inherited from Middle Russian стака́нъ (stakán), from достака́нъ (dostakán), from Old East Slavic достоканъ (dostokanŭ), borrowed from Turkic dialectal dostaqan (compare Chagatai [script needed] (tostakan, “wooden bowl”), Kazakh тостаған (tostağan, “wooden cup”), Tatar тустыган (tustığan, “cup”), Bashkir туҫтаҡ (tuśtaq, “cup for drinking koumiss”)), 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).

Forms

  • стака́нcanonical • inanimate • masculine
  • stakánromanization
  • стака́наgenitive
  • стака́нныйadjective • relational
  • стака́нчикdiminutive
  • стака́нъalternative
Nominative
Singular
стака́н
Plural
стака́ны
Genitive
Singular
стака́на
Plural
стака́нов
Dative
Singular
стака́ну
Plural
стака́нам
Accusative
Singular
стака́н
Plural
стака́ны
Instrumental
Singular
стака́ном
Plural
стака́нами
Prepositional
Singular
стака́не
Plural
стака́нах

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