ماشین

See also: ماشێن and ماسين

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French machine.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maː.ˈʃiːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ʃíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ʃíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ʃíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.ʃín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.ʃíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.ʃín]

• Rhymes: -iːn

Readings
Classical reading?	māšīn
Dari reading?	māšīn
Iranian reading?	mâšin
Tajik reading?	mošin

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	موتر
Iranian Persian	ماشین
Tajik	автомобил

ماشین • (māšīn / mâšin) (plural ماشین‌ها (māšīn-hā / mâšin-hâ), Tajik spelling мошин)

1. (Iran) car

   Synonyms: خودرو (xudraw / xodrov) (more formal), موتر (mōtar) (Dari)

2. machine
   • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “Tour of the city of Marghadin”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[1]:

     بر طبیعت دیو ماشین چیرہ نیست
     آسمانہا از دخانھا تیرہ نیست

     bar tabi'at dēw-i māšīn čēra nēst
     āsmān-hā az duxān-hā tēra nēst

     The demon of the machine has no power over nature,
     the skies are not blackened by smoke

     (Indo-Persian script)

Derived terms

• ماشین رخت‌شویی (mâšin-e raxt-šuyi)
• ماشین لباس‌شویی (mâšin-e lebâs-šuyi)
• ماشینی (mâšini)

Descendants

• → Central Kurdish: ماشێن (maşên)
• → Turkmen: maşyn