کمینه

Persian

Etymology

From کم (kam) +‎ ـینه (-ine).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.miː.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.miː.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.miː.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.miː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mi.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.miː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mi.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kamīna
Dari reading?	kamīna
Iranian reading?	kamine
Tajik reading?	kamina

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Adjective

کمینه • (kamine)

1. (archaic) superlative degree of کم (kam, “few”): the least

   Synonym: کمترین (kam-tarin)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 58:

     کای کمینه بخششت ملک جهان
     من چه گویم چون تو می‌‌دانی نهان

     k-ay kamīna baxšiš-at mulk-i jahān
     man či gūyam čōn tu mē-dānī nihān

     [Saying,] "O Thou whose least gift is the empire of the world, what shall I say, inasmuch as Thou knowest the hidden thing?

Noun

کمینه • (kamine)

1. (mathematics) minimum

   Antonym: بیشینه (bišine, “maximum”)

Pronoun

کمینه • (kamine)

1. (humble, archaic) I, me; this humble one

   Synonyms: کمین (kamin), بنده (bande)

Usage notes

• Sometimes, women used کمینه (kamine) while men used کمین (kamin) as a humble self-designation, because ـه (-e) was mistakenly associated with the Arabic feminine suffix ـَة (-a).