مسکن

See also: مسكن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْكَن (maskan, “residence”)

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰän]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰän]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰän]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰän]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæs.kʰʲæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰän]

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

Dari	مسکن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маскан

Noun

مسکن • (maskan) (plural مساکن (masâken))

1. dwelling, residence, house
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 9:

     ساعد شه مسکن این باز باد
     تا ابد بر خلق این در باز باد

     sa'id-i šah maskan īn bāz bād
     tā abad bar xalq īn dar bāz bād

     May this falcon's resting-place be the fore-arm of the King!
     May this gate (to the Truth) be open to (all) the people unto everlasting!

References

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