finganfinjann.
/fɪnˈɡɑːn//fɪnˈdʒɑːn/ A small porcelain coffee-cup, used in the Levant.
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fingan1609
coffee-dish1684
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1609 W. Biddulph Trauels Certaine Englishmen 66 A Fin-ion or Scudella of Coffa.
1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. v. 168 The coffee-cup (which is called finga′n) is small..and, being without a handle, is placed within another cup (called zurf), of silver or brass.
1842 Lady H. Stanhope Mem. (1845) I. iii. 81 The pipe, coffee and a finjàn of orange-flower water.
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