معین
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic مُعَيَّن (muʕayyan).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mu.ʔaj.ˈjan/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mo̞.ʔäj.ján]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.ʔæj.jǽn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.ʔäj.ján]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mu'ayyan |
| Dari reading? | mo'ayyan |
| Iranian reading? | mo'ayyan |
| Tajik reading? | mu'ayyan |
Adjective
معین • (mu'ayyan / mo'ayyan) (Tajik spelling муайян)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic مُعِين (muʕīn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mu.ˈʔiːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mo̞.ʔíːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.ʔíːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.ʔín]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mu'īn |
| Dari reading? | mo'īn |
| Iranian reading? | mo'in |
| Tajik reading? | mu'in |
Noun
معین • (mu'īn / mo'in) (Tajik spelling муин)
Proper noun
معین • (mu'īn / mo'in) (Tajik spelling Муин)
- a male given name from Arabic
- معین مصور
- mu'īn-i / mo'in-e musawwir / mosavver
- Mo'in Mosavver (seventeenth-century painter)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “معین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “معین”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
- “معین”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025