ین

See also: ين

Persian

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Chinese (yuán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jen/

Noun

ین (yen)

  1. yen (currency)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (-yn /-ēn/), from Proto-Iranian *-ayHnah.

Pronunciation

Suffix

ـین (-in, -ên)

  1. Suffix which forms adjectives of material or quality; -en
Derived terms
Persian terms suffixed with ین

Etymology 3

From Arabic ـِينَ (-īna, genitive/accusative plural suffix). The case distinction, which is alien to Modern Persian, was lost, but the Arabic nominative form ـُونَ (-ūna) came to be used with nisba nouns for euphonic reasons.

Pronunciation

Suffix

ـین (-in)

  1. (dated, literary) A plural suffix used with certain nouns denoting persons, generally of Arabic origin.
Usage notes
  • While many Arabic broken plurals as well plurals in ـات (-ât) remain current in contemporary Persian, those in ـین (-in), ـون (-un) are now highly literary.
Alternative forms
  • ون (-un) (used with nouns ending in ی (-i))

Urdu

Etymology

Local.

Pronunciation

Suffix

ـِین (īn) (Hindi spelling -ईन)

  1. Suffix which form the plural of nouns that do not end with ی (ye).

See also

Urdu terms suffixed with ین

References

  • ین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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