مطمئن

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ط م ء ن (ṭ m ʔ n)
4 terms

Derived from the active participle of اِطْمَأَنَّ (iṭmaʔanna, “to be calm, to be certain, to have confidence (in), to make sure (of)”).

Adjective

مُطْمَئِنّ • (muṭmaʔinn) (feminine مُطْمَئِنَّة (muṭmaʔinna), masculine plural مُطْمَئِنُّونَ (muṭmaʔinnūna), feminine plural مُطْمَئِنَّات (muṭmaʔinnāt))

1. remaining quietly
2. calm, peaceful, serene, tranquil
3. assured, at ease, free from worry, having peace of mind, reassured, untroubled
4. certain, confident, trusting
5. safe, secure

Declension

Declension of adjective مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُطْمَئِنّ muṭmaʔinn	الْمُطْمَئِنّ al-muṭmaʔinn	مُطْمَئِنَّة muṭmaʔinna	الْمُطْمَئِنَّة al-muṭmaʔinna
Nominative	مُطْمَئِنٌّ muṭmaʔinnun	الْمُطْمَئِنُّ al-muṭmaʔinnu	مُطْمَئِنَّةٌ muṭmaʔinnatun	الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ al-muṭmaʔinnatu
Accusative	مُطْمَئِنًّا muṭmaʔinnan	الْمُطْمَئِنَّ al-muṭmaʔinna	مُطْمَئِنَّةً muṭmaʔinnatan	الْمُطْمَئِنَّةَ al-muṭmaʔinnata
Genitive	مُطْمَئِنٍّ muṭmaʔinnin	الْمُطْمَئِنِّ al-muṭmaʔinni	مُطْمَئِنَّةٍ muṭmaʔinnatin	الْمُطْمَئِنَّةِ al-muṭmaʔinnati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُطْمَئِنَّيْن muṭmaʔinnayn	الْمُطْمَئِنَّيْن al-muṭmaʔinnayn	مُطْمَئِنَّتَيْن muṭmaʔinnatayn	الْمُطْمَئِنَّتَيْن al-muṭmaʔinnatayn
Nominative	مُطْمَئِنَّانِ muṭmaʔinnāni	الْمُطْمَئِنَّانِ al-muṭmaʔinnāni	مُطْمَئِنَّتَانِ muṭmaʔinnatāni	الْمُطْمَئِنَّتَانِ al-muṭmaʔinnatāni
Accusative	مُطْمَئِنَّيْنِ muṭmaʔinnayni	الْمُطْمَئِنَّيْنِ al-muṭmaʔinnayni	مُطْمَئِنَّتَيْنِ muṭmaʔinnatayni	الْمُطْمَئِنَّتَيْنِ al-muṭmaʔinnatayni
Genitive	مُطْمَئِنَّيْنِ muṭmaʔinnayni	الْمُطْمَئِنَّيْنِ al-muṭmaʔinnayni	مُطْمَئِنَّتَيْنِ muṭmaʔinnatayni	الْمُطْمَئِنَّتَيْنِ al-muṭmaʔinnatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُطْمَئِنِّين muṭmaʔinnīn	الْمُطْمَئِنِّين al-muṭmaʔinnīn	مُطْمَئِنَّات muṭmaʔinnāt	الْمُطْمَئِنَّات al-muṭmaʔinnāt
Nominative	مُطْمَئِنُّونَ muṭmaʔinnūna	الْمُطْمَئِنُّونَ al-muṭmaʔinnūna	مُطْمَئِنَّاتٌ muṭmaʔinnātun	الْمُطْمَئِنَّاتُ al-muṭmaʔinnātu
Accusative	مُطْمَئِنِّينَ muṭmaʔinnīna	الْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ al-muṭmaʔinnīna	مُطْمَئِنَّاتٍ muṭmaʔinnātin	الْمُطْمَئِنَّاتِ al-muṭmaʔinnāti
Genitive	مُطْمَئِنِّينَ muṭmaʔinnīna	الْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ al-muṭmaʔinnīna	مُطْمَئِنَّاتٍ muṭmaʔinnātin	الْمُطْمَئِنَّاتِ al-muṭmaʔinnāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مطمئن (mutmain)
  • Turkish: mutmain
• → Persian: مُطْمَئِن
  • → Urdu: مُطْمَئِن (mutmain)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mut.ma.ˈʔin]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊt̪.mä.ʔɪ́n]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊt̪.mä.ʔɪ́n]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊt̪.mä.jɪ́n]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mut̪.mä.jín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mot̪.mæ.ʔén]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mut̪.mä.ʔín]

Readings
Classical reading?	mutma'in
Dari reading?	mutma'in
Iranian reading?	motma'en
Tajik reading?	mutmaʾin

Adjective

Dari	مطمئن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мутмаин, мутмаъин

مطمئن • (motma'en)

1. sure; confident; certain; assured

   مطمئن نیستم. ― motma'en nistam. ― I'm not sure.

2. trusted; secure; safe

   جای مطمئن بذارش. (coll. Iranian) ― jâ-ye motma'en bezâr-eš. ― Place it somewhere safe.

   • c. 1580, Muḥtasham of Kāshān, “باز این چه شورش است که در خلق عالم است”, in دیوان اشعار‎^[1]:

     گفتی تمام زلزله شد خاک مطمئن
     گفتی فتاد از حرکت چرخ بی‌قرار

     gufti tamām zilzila šud xāk-i mutma'in
     gufti fitād az hirkat čarx-i bē qarār

     You would say that all the trusty earth fell into an earthquake,
     You would say that the unmoving firmament toppled with motion.

3. (archaic, literary, poetic) quiet; calm
4. (archaic, literary, poetic) content

Derived terms

• مطمئن بودن (motma'en budan)
• مطمئن شدن (motma'en šodan)
• مطمئن کردن (motma'en kardan)
• مطمئناً (motma'enan)

 

Descendants

• → Urdu: مُطْمَئِن (mutmain)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مطمئن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مطمئن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Lambton, Ann K.S. (1954) Persian Vocabulary, London: Cambridge University Press, page 152
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مطمئن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُطْمَئِن (mutma'in), from Arabic مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊt̪.mə.ɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Hyphenation: مُط‧مَ‧ءِن

Adjective

مُطْمَئِن • (mutmain) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुतमइन)

1. satisfied
   • 1989, Naseem Ahmed, تعلقات عامہ :پیشہ و فن [Public Relations: Profession and Art], page 87:

     وہ اپنے طریقوں کی اعلیٰ کارکردگی سے پوری طرح مطمئن ہوتا ہے۔

     vo apne tarīqõ kī a'lā kārkardagī se pūrī tarh mutmain hotā hai.

     He becomes completely satisfied with the excellent results of his methods.

2. assured, confident
   • 1941, Immanuel Kant, translated by Dr. Syed Abid Hussain Sahib, تنقید عقلِ محض‎^[2], translation of Critique of Pure Reason, page 321:

     صِرف ناتجربہ کاروں کو دھوکا دے سکتا ہؠ اور مطمئن کر سکتا ہؠ؂۱۔

     sirf nātajurba kārõ ko dhokā de saktā hai aur mutmain kar saktā hai.

     It can only deceive and assure the inexperienced.[¹]

3. (uncommon) safe, secure
4. at ease, tranquil
5. (loosely, colloquial) shameless

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ط م ء ن (0 c, 2 e)

Further reading

• “مطمئن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مطمئن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مطمئن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مطمئن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “مطمئن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “مطمئين”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC