مسکن

See also: مسكن

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْكَن (maskan, “residence”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mas.ˈkan/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰán]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰán]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰán]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰán]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæs.kʰʲǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰán]

Readings
Classical reading?	maskan
Dari reading?	maskan
Iranian reading?	maskan
Tajik reading?	maskan

Noun

مسکن • (maskan) (plural مساکن (masâken), Tajik spelling маскан)

1. dwelling, residence, house
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 9:

     ساعد شه مسکن این باز باد
     تا ابد بر خلق این در باز باد

     sa'id-i šah maskan-i īn bāz bād
     tā abad bar xalq īn dar bāz bād

     May this falcon's resting-place be the fore-arm of the King!
     May this gate (to the Truth) be open to (all) the people unto everlasting!

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَكِّن (musakkin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.sak.ˈkin/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säk.kʰɪ́n]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säk.kʰɪ́n]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säk.kʰɪ́n]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.säk.kʰín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sækʲ.kʰʲén]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.säk.kʰín]

Readings
Classical reading?	musakkin
Dari reading?	musakkin
Iranian reading?	mosakken
Tajik reading?	musakkin

Noun

مسکن • (musakkin / mosakken) (Tajik spelling мусаккин)

1. analgesic, painkiller

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مسکن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim