How to Say “Glass” in Greek

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• While ποτήρι is the drinking vessel, the word γυαλί can be used as a shorthand for 'eyeglasses' in Greek. If a Greek person says they lost their γυαλιά, they are usually referring to their spectacles, not a piece of glassware.
• The word ποτήρι shares a root with the word ποτό, which means 'drink' or 'alcoholic beverage'. This creates a linguistic family centered around the act of drinking.
• The word ποτήρι is a cognate with ποκήρι in Tsakonian, a rare and archaic dialect spoken in the Peloponnese. This dialect preserves linguistic features that have vanished from Standard Modern Greek.