سکون

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [su.ˈkuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.kʰúːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.kʰúːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.kʰúːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.kʰún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.kʰúːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.kʰún]

Readings
Classical reading?	sukūn
Dari reading?	sukūn
Iranian reading?	sokun
Tajik reading?	sukun

Noun

سکون • (sokun)

1. calm, quiet, tranquility
2. rest, immobility
3. the sokun (the diacritic ـْ marking the absence of a vowel)

Further reading

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