مین

See also: مين and میں

Persian

Suffix

ـمین (-omin)

  1. -th; creates ordinal numbers.
    پنجمینpanj-ominfifth
    بیست و یکمینbist-o yek-omintwenty-first
Usage notes

Persian has two ways to form the ordinals: ـم (-om), and ـمین (-omin). The -om forms have a stronger connotation of labeling, while the -omin forms have a stronger connotation of counting according to a certain criterion. Also, like the cardinals but unlike the -om forms, the -omin forms precede the attributed noun without the ezâfe.

خانه سوم خیابانxâne-ye sevvom-e xiyâbânthird house on the street [out of all houses]
سومین خانه سیاه خیابانsevvomin xâne-ye siyâh-e xiyâbânthe third black house on the street

For the irregular Arabic-derived plural اول (avval, first), the form corresponding to the -omin form is اولین (avvalin, first).

Etymology 2

From French mine.

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari ماین
Iranian Persian مین
Tajik мина (mina)

مین (min)

  1. (Iran) mine (exploding device)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From English mine.

Noun

مین (mayn)

  1. (Dari) Alternative form of ماین (mine (exploding device)).

Etymology 4

Compare Persian مو (mu).

Noun

مین (min)

  1. (dialectal) hair
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