زرین

Persian

Etymology

‎ (zar, “gold”) +‎ ‎ (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /zaɾ(ɾ)iːn/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /zaɾ(ɾ)iːn/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /zæɾ(ɾ)iːn/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /zaɾ(ɾ)in/

Adjective

زرین • (zarin)

golden
Synonyms: طلا‎ (talâ), طلایی‎ (talâyi)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2053:
  ‏گاو زرین بانگ کرد آخر چه گفت / کاحمقان را این همه رغبت شگفت‎
  gâv-e zarrin bâng kard âxer če goft / k-ahmaqân-râ in hame rağbat šokoft
  The golden calf uttered a cry; prithee, what did it say, that all this desire [for it] blossomed in the fools?

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