غمگین

Persian

Etymology

From غم (ğam) +‎ ـگین (-gin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣam.ɡiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäm.ɡiːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäm.ɡiːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣäm.ɡiːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣäm.ɡin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæm.ɡʲiːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁäm.ɡin]

Readings
Classical reading?	ğamgīn
Dari reading?	ğamgīn
Iranian reading?	ğamgin
Tajik reading?	ġamgin

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Adjective

غَمگین • (ğamgin) (comparative غَمگین‌تَر (ğamgin-tar), superlative غَمگین‌تَرین (ğamgin-tarin))

1. sad (of people)
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 117:

     زندگی چیست مرا چون تو چنین غمگینی
     جان زارم به سگ کوی تو نسپرده چراست

     zindagī čī-st ma-rā čūn tō čunīn ğamgīn-ī
     jān-i zāram ba sag-i kō-yi tō nasipurda čirā-st

     What is life for me when you are so sad?
     Why have you not entrusted my mournful soul to the dogs of your street?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Usage notes

• For “sad” as in “inducing grief” (of objects), use غمناک (ğamnâk) or غم‌انگیر (ğam-angiz).

Derived terms

• غمگینی (ğamgini)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəmgin
• → Kazakh: ғамкүн (ğamkün)