ین
See also: ين
Persian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jen/
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian [script needed] (-yn /-ēn/), from Proto-Iranian *-ayHnah.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /eːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /iːn/
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /iːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /iːn/
Suffix
ـین • (-in)
- (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.
Urdu
Etymology
Local.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /iːn/
- (Deccani) IPA(key): /iːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Suffix
ـِین • (īn) (Hindi spelling -ईन)
- 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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