ین
See also: ين
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately from Chinese 圓/圆 (yuán).
Pronunciation edit
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jän]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [jen]
Readings | |
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Dari reading? | yan |
Iranian reading? | yen |
Noun edit
Dari | یَن |
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Iranian Persian | یِن |
Tajik | йен |
ین • (yen or yan)
- yen (currency)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (-yn /-ēn/), from Proto-Iranian *-ayHnah.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [.ʔiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [.ʔiːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [.ʔin]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | -īn |
Dari reading? | -īn |
Iranian reading? | -in |
Tajik reading? | -in |
Suffix edit
Dari | ـین |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | -ин |
ـین • (-in)
- Suffix which forms adjectives of material or quality; -en
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Arabic ـِينَ (-īna, genitive/accusative plural suffix). The case distinction, which is alien to Modern Persian, was lost, but the Arabic nominative form ـُونَ (-ūna) came to be used with nisba nouns for euphonic reasons.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔiːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔin]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | īn |
Dari reading? | īn |
Iranian reading? | in |
Tajik reading? | in |
Suffix edit
Dari | ـین |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | -ин |
ـین • (-in)
- (dated, literary) A plural suffix used with certain nouns denoting persons, generally of Arabic origin.
Usage notes edit
- While many Arabic broken plurals as well plurals in ـات (-ât) remain current in contemporary Persian, those in ـین (-in), ـون (-un) are now highly literary.
Alternative forms edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Local.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /iːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Suffix edit
ـِین • (īn) (Hindi spelling -ईन)
- Suffix which form the plural of nouns that do not end with ی (ye).
See also edit
Category Urdu terms suffixed with ین not found
References edit
- “ین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.