نگین
Appearance
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- نگینه (negine)
Etymology
[edit]Of Iranian origin. Compare Parthian [script needed] (ng’n /nigān/, “treasure”) , [script needed] (ng’n kwn-, “to bury”), and Middle Persian [script needed] (ny’n /niyān/, “treasure, store”), [script needed] (nigān, “buried”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ni.ɡiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ne.ɡʲiːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ni.ɡin]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nigīn |
Dari reading? | nigīn |
Iranian reading? | negin |
Tajik reading? | nigin |
Noun
[edit]Dari | نگین |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | нигин |
نگین • (negin)
- gemstone, gem (specially one that is used to make rings and other ornamental jewelry)
- (literary, poetic) king’s sigil, seal
- زیر نگین آمدن ― zir-e negin âmadan ― to obey the king/monarchy (literally, “to come under the (king’s) sigil”)
- تاج و نگین ― tâj o negin ― monarchy
Proper noun
[edit]نگین • (negin)
- a female given name, Negin
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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1st person singular (“my”) |
نگینم (neginam) | نگینهایم، نگینهام، نگینام△ (negin-hấyam, neginấm△) |
2nd person singular (“your”) |
نگینت (neginat, neginet△) | نگینهایت، نگینهات، نگینات△ (negin-hấyat, neginất△) |
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
نگینش (neginaš, negineš△) | نگینهایش، نگینهاش، نگیناش△ (negin-hấyaš, neginấš△) |
1st person plural (“our”) |
نگینمان، نگینمون△ (neginemân, neginemun△) | نگینهایمان، نگینهامون، نگینامون△ (negin-hấyemân, neginấmun△) |
2nd person plural (“your”) |
نگینتان، نگینتون△ (neginetân, neginetun△) | نگینهایتان، نگینهاتون، نگیناتون△ (negin-hấyetân, neginấtun△) |
3rd person plural (“their”) |
نگینشان، نگینشون△ (neginešân, neginešun△) | نگینهایشان، نگینهاشون، نگیناشون△ (negin-hấyešân, neginấšun△) |
△ Colloquial.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نگین”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nigān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ng’n”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 240b
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ny’n”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 252b