تابه چدن
تابه چدن (tâbe-ye chodan) is a cast-iron pan or heavy skillet. The compound joins the native Persian word for frying pan with a term for cast iron that entered Persian via Russian and Turkic.
Glossary
قزقان
قزقان (ghazghân) is a large copper or steel cauldron used to cook food for weddings, funerals, and celebrations. The word is Turkic in origin and carries deep communal meaning.
قالب کیک
قالب کیک (qâleb-e kek) means a cake tin or baking pan. It combines the Arabic word for mold with the English loanword for cake, forming a practical kitchen term.
سینی چای
سینی چای (sini-ye chây) is the round metal tray used to carry tea glasses to guests. It is an everyday household object central to Persian hospitality.
طبق
طبق (tabaq) is a formal Persian word for a tray or large flat platter, borrowed from Arabic. It is more common in written, literary, and ceremonial contexts than in casual spoken Persian.
مجمه
مجمه (majma) is a large round serving tray, traditionally made of copper or brass, borrowed from Arabic. It was a central piece of traditional Persian hospitality and is still used in formal and ceremonial settings.
لگن
لگن (lagan) means a basin or large wash bowl. The word entered Persian from Ancient Greek (lekane) and is used for washing dishes, laundry, or produce, as well as in anatomical speech for the pelvis.
چفچه
چفچه (châfche) is the everyday Persian word for a ladle or soup ladle. It traces back to a Turkic root and is found in every Iranian kitchen, used for serving ash, soups, and stews.
قیچی آشپزی
قیچی آشپزی (ghaychi-ye âshpazi) means kitchen scissors or poultry shears. It combines the Turkic word qaychi with the Persian compound âshpazi, forming a mixed-origin kitchen term.
اجاق
اجاق (ojâq) means stove or cooktop. It is a loanword from Turkish ocak (hearth, fireplace) and is the standard everyday word for a gas or electric cooking stove in Iranian Persian.