آهنین

Persian

Etymology

‎ (âhan, “iron”) +‎ ‎ (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːhaniːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːhaniːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɒːhæniːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɔhanin/

Adjective

آهنین • (âhanin)

iron, of iron
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 2263:
  ‏جان سنگین دارم و دل آهنین / ورنه خون گشتی درین رنج و حنین‎
  jân-e sangin dâram o del âhanin / v-ar-na xun gašti dar-in ranj o hanin
  I have a soul of stone, and my heart is of iron, otherwise they would have turned into blood in this sorrow and lamentation.

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