/qal.ˈjaːn/, [qäl.jɑːn], [qäl.jɑːn]
OriginBorrowed from Arabic غَلْيُون (ḡalyūn, “smoking pipe”), then hypercorrecting the ending [un] which colloquial Iranian Persian generally puts for trailing /ɒn/, with regard to the vulgar origin of the habit of tobacco smoking, which wrong deduction was also supported by reminiscence of Arabic غَلَيَان (ḡalayān, “boiling”).
Formsqalyân(romanization) · قلیانم (qalyânam, qelyunam^△)(first-person, singular) · قلیانمان (qalyânemân, qelyunemun^△)(first-person, plural) · قلیانت (qalyânat, qelyunet^△)(second-person, singular) · قلیانتان (qalyânetân, qelyunetun^△)(plural, second-person) · قلیانش (qalyânaš, qelyuneš^△)(singular, third-person) · قلیانشان (qalyânešân, qelyunešun^△)(plural, third-person) · غلیان(alternative) · قلیون(alternative)