تمکین

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمْكِين (tamkīn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tam.ˈkiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæm.kʰʲíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰín]

Readings
Classical reading?	tamkīn
Dari reading?	tamkīn
Iranian reading?	tamkin
Tajik reading?	tamkin

Noun

تمکین • (tamkin)

1. (Islamic law) the wife's deference to her husband
   1. (in particular) the wife's duty to have sex upon her husband's request
2. (more broadly) deference, compliance, obedience

   Synonym: اطاعت (etâ'at)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تمکین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim