سرگین

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (slgyn' /⁠sargēn⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *cákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷr̥. Cognate with Sanskrit शकृत् (śakṛt, “dung, manure”), Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros, “dung, manure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saɾ.ˈɡiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.ɡʲíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.ɡín]

Readings
Classical reading?	sargīn
Dari reading?	sargīn
Iranian reading?	sargin
Tajik reading?	sargin

Noun

سرگین • (sargin)

1. dung, manure

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سرگین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سرگین”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press