آئین

See also: آیین

Persian

Alternative forms

• آیین (âyin)

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian օրէն (ōrēn), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈʔiːn/, /ʔaː.ˈjiːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ʔiːn], [ʔɑː.jiːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ʔiːn], [ʔɑː.jiːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.jiːn], [ʔɑː.jiːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.jin], [ʔɔː.jin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ʔiːn], [ʔɒː.jiːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ʔin], [ʔɔ.jin]

Readings
Classical reading?	ā'īn, āyīn
Dari reading?	ā'īn, āyīn
Iranian reading?	â'in, âyin
Tajik reading?	o'in, oyin

Noun

Dari	آئین, آیین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	оъин, оин

آئین • (â'in)

1. institution, rite, ceremony, custom, ordinance, canon, usage, prescription
2. common law (in contradistinction to Islamic sharia law)
3. mode, form, manner
4. ornament, decoration

Derived terms

• آئین‌نامه (â'in-nâme)

Descendants

• → Assamese: আইন (ain)
• → Bengali: আইন (ain)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: आईन (āīn)

  → Urdu: آئِین (āīn)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “آیین”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “آئین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Lambton, Ann K.S. (1954), Persian Vocabulary, London: Cambridge University Press, page 20
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “آیین”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آئین (ā'īn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.iːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

آئِین • (āīn) m (Hindi spelling आईन)

1. constitution

   Synonym: دَسْتُور (dastūr)

References

• “آئین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آئین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.