حبل‌المتین

Persian

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism, from Arabic حَبْل (ḥabl, “rope”) +‎ Arabic مَتِين (matīn, “robust”), in reference to Qur'an (in Arabic), 609–632 CE, 3:103. Compare Arabic حَبْل اللهِ الْمَتِين (ḥabl allāhi l-matīn, “Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [haβ.lu.l.ma.tiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häb.lʊ.l.mä.t̪ʰiːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häb.lʊ.l.mä.t̪ʰiːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.lʊ.l.mä.t̪ʰiːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.lu.l.mä.t̪ʰin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæb.lo.l.mæ.t̪ʰiːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häb.lu.l.mä.t̪ʰin]

Readings
Classical reading?	haḇlu-l-matīn
Dari reading?	hablu-l-matīn
Iranian reading?	hablo-l-matin
Tajik reading?	hablu-l-matin

Noun

حبل‌المتین • (hablo-l-matin)

1. (figuratively) the Quran
2. (figuratively) Shari'a
3. (figuratively) Islam