تسکین

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَسْكِين (taskīn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tas.ˈkiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.kʰíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.kʰíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.kʰíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.kʰín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæs.kʰʲíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.kʰín]

Readings
Classical reading?	taskīn
Dari reading?	taskīn
Iranian reading?	taskin
Tajik reading?	taskin

Noun

تسکین • (taskin)

1. soothing, alleviation, appeasing, calming down, comfort

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تسکین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim