ـین

See also: ین

Northern Kurdish

Suffix

ـین (-în)

1. Arabic spelling of -în

Persian

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔiːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔiːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [.ʔiːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [.ʔin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔiːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔin]

Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading?
Tajik reading?

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (-yn /⁠-ēn⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *-ayHnah.

Suffix

Dari	ـین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-ин

ـین • (-in)

1. suffix which forms adjectives of material or quality; -en

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ـین

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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.

Alternative forms

• ـون (-un) (used with nouns ending in ی (-i))

Suffix

Dari	ـین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	-ин

ـین • (-in)

1. (dated, literary) a plural suffix used with certain nouns denoting persons, generally of Arabic origin

Usage notes

• 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.