زرین

Persian

Etymology

From زر (zar, “gold”) +‎ ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zaɾ.ˈɾiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zär.ríːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zär.ríːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zär.ríːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zär.rín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɹ.ɹíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.ɾín]

Readings
Classical reading?	zarrīn
Dari reading?	zarrīn
Iranian reading?	zarrin
Tajik reading?	zarrin

Adjective

زرین • (zarin)

1. golden

   Synonyms: طلا (talâ), طلایی (talâyi)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2053:

     گاو زرین بانگ کرد آخر چه گفت
     کاحمقان را این همه رغبت شگفت

     gâv-e zarrin bâng kard âxer če goft
     k-ahmaqân-râ in hame rağbat šokoft

     The golden calf uttered a cry; prithee, what did it say, that all this desire [for it] blossomed in the fools?