کمین

Persian

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.míːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.míːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.míːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.míːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mín]

Readings
Classical reading?	kamīn
Dari reading?	kamīn
Iranian reading?	kamin
Tajik reading?	kamin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كَمِين (kamīn).

Noun

کمین • (kamin)

1. ambush
   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 153”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     از شبیخون و کمین ننگ آید او را روز جنگ
     دوست دارد جنگ لیکن بی شبیخون و کمین

     az šabīxūn u kamīn nang āyad ō rā rōz-i jang
     dōst dārad jang lēkin bē šabīxūn u kamīn

     He is ashamed of night attacks and ambushes on the day of war;
     He loves war, but without night attacks and ambushes.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Etymology 2

Adjective

کمین • (kamine)

1. (archaic) superlative degree of کم (kam, “few”): the least

   Synonyms: کمینه (kamine), کمترین (kam-tarin)