مین

See also: مين and میں

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [meːn]

Adjective

مین (meen)

1. old

   Synonym: جٹ (jaṭ)

   Antonym: تھݸݽ (thoṣ)

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “meen”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

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Persian

Etymology 1

Suffix

ـمین • (-omin)

1. -th; creates ordinal numbers.

   پنجمین ― panj-omin ― fifth

   بیست و یکمین ― bist-o yek-omin ― twenty-first

Usage notes

Persian has two ways to form the ordinals: ـم (-om), and ـمین (-omin). The -om forms have a stronger connotation of labeling, while the -omin forms have a stronger connotation of counting according to a certain criterion. Also, like the cardinals but unlike the -om forms, the -omin forms precede the attributed noun without the ezâfe.

خانه سوم خیابان ― xâne-ye sevvom-e xiyâbân ― third house on the street [out of all houses]

سومین خانه سیاه خیابان ― sevvomin xâne-ye siyâh-e xiyâbân ― the third black house on the street

For the irregular Arabic-derived plural اول (avval, “first”), the form corresponding to the -omin form is اولین (avvalin, “first”).

Descendants

• → Khalaj: -umin

Etymology 2

From French mine.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /miːn/

Noun

Dari	ماین
Iranian Persian	مین
Tajik	мина

مین • (min)

1. (Iran) mine (exploding device)

Derived terms

• مین‌روب (min-rub, “minesweeper”)

Etymology 3

From English mine.

Noun

مین • (mayn)

1. (Dari) Alternative form of ماین (“mine (exploding device)”).

Etymology 4

Compare Persian مو (mu).

Noun

مین • (min)

1. (dialectal) hair