نعیم

See also: نعيم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَعِيم (naʕīm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈʔiːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ʔíːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ʔíːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.jíːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.jím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.ʔíːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ʔím]

Readings
Classical reading?	na'īm
Dari reading?	na'īm
Iranian reading?	na'im
Tajik reading?	naʾim

Noun

نعیم • (na'im)

1. delight; pleasure; luxury

   Synonyms: لذت (lezzat), نعمت (ne'mat)

   • 1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 89:

     هر روزی بشهری و هر شب بمقامی و هر دم بتفرج گاهی از نعیم دنیا متمتع.

     har rōzē ba šahrē u har šab ba maqāmē u har dam ba tafarruj gāhē az na'īm-i dunyā mutamatti'.

     Every day he is in a different city, every night he is in a different assembly, and every moment he enjoys the good things of the world from a different vantage point.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. bliss of Paradise; (by extension) Heaven, Paradise

   Synonyms: بهشت (behešt), جنت (jannat)