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taza

cup, mugrecipiente pequeño con asa para beber

Comes from Arabic

طَسَّة

ṭassa

“bowl, wide vessel”«cuenco, vasija ancha»

Arabic today says

فِنْجَان

finjān

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Persian.

The story

Arabic ṭass(a) comes from Persian tašt "basin". In spoken Arabic a ṭāsa is still a metal bowl.El árabe ṭass(a) viene del persa tašt «palangana». En el árabe hablado la ṭāsa sigue siendo un cuenco de metal.

In a sentence

¿Quieres una taza de café?

Would you like a cup of coffee?

هَلْ تُرِيدُ فِنْجَانَ قَهْوَة؟

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