این
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *īn (“lair, burrow”);[1] cognate with Old Turkic 𐰃𐰤 (in), Kazakh ін (ın), Southern Altai ийин (iyin), Turkmen hīn, Uzbek in and Yakut иин (iin).
Noun
این • (in) (definite accusative اینی (ini), plural اینلر (inler))
- den, lair, burrow, luster, any small cave or hollow place used by an animal for shelter or concealment
- Synonyms: جحر (cuhr), عرین (ʼarin), كنام (künâm)
Derived terms
- اینجكز (incegiz, “small den or lair”)
Descendants
- Turkish: in
- → Armenian: ին (in)
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “i:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 166
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “این”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 242
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “in3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2166
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “این”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 96a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “این”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 226
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Specus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1581
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “این”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 614
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “in”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “این”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 308
Persian
Alternative forms
- ای (i) (dialectal, Dashtestan, Bushehr, Kabuli, Mashhad, Shiraz, Kazerun)
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭦𐭭𐭤 (ēn). Compare Mazanderani ام (am), Central Kurdish ئەم (em), Northern Kurdish ev, Alviri-Vidari ام (am). Possibly related to Sanskrit एन (ena)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈʔiːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔiːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔin]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | īn |
| Dari reading? | īn |
| Iranian reading? | in |
| Tajik reading? | in |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Determiner
| Dari | این |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ин |
این • (in)