لعین

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَعِين (laʕīn).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ʔíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ʔíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.jíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.jín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læ.ʔíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ʔín]

Readings
Classical reading?	la'īn
Dari reading?	la'īn
Iranian reading?	la'in
Tajik reading?	laʾin

Adjective

لعین • (la'in)

1. accursed; execrable

   Synonyms: ملعون (mal'un), لعنتی (la'nati)

   • c. 1250, Zartusht Bahrām-i Pazhdaw, زراتشت‌نامه [Zarātusht Nāma]:

     جهان گشته بر کام دیو لعین
     شده دور هر کس ز داد و ز دین
     دل اهریمن شاد و خندان شده
     ز گمراهی خلق شادان شده

     jahān gašta bar kām-i dēw-i la'īn
     šuda dūr har kas zi dād u zi dīn
     dil-i ahrīman šād u xandān šuda
     zi gumrāhī-yi xalq šādān šuda

     The world became according to the accursed daeva's desire;
     Everyone became distant from justice and faith.
     Ahriman's heart became happy and laughing;
     He rejoiced from mankind's perdition.

     (Classical Persian romanization)