مطمئن

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ط م ء ن (ṭ m ʔ n)
4 terms

Derived from the active participle of اِطْمَأَنَّ (iṭmaʔanna, to be calm, to be certain, to have confidence (in), to make sure (of)).

Adjective

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مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn) (feminine مُطْمَئِنَّة (muṭmaʔinna), masculine plural مُطْمَئِنُّونَ (muṭmaʔinnūna), feminine plural مُطْمَئِنَّات (muṭmaʔinnāt))

  1. remaining quietly
  2. calm, peaceful, serene, tranquil
  3. assured, at ease, free from worry, having peace of mind, reassured, untroubled
  4. certain, confident, trusting
  5. safe, secure

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mutma'in
Dari reading? mutma'in
Iranian reading? motma'en
Tajik reading? mutmaʾin

Adjective

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Dari مطمئن
Iranian Persian
Tajik мутмаин, мутмаъин

مطمئن (motma'en)

  1. sure; confident; certain; assured
    مطمئن نیستم.motma'en nistam.I'm not sure.
  2. trusted; secure; safe
    جای مطمئن بذارش. (coll. Iranian)jâ-ye motma'en bezâr-eš.Place it somewhere safe.
    • c. 1580, Muḥtasham of Kāshān, “باز این چه شورش است که در خلق عالم است”, in دیوان اشعار[1]:
      گفتی تمام زلزله شد خاک مطمئن
      گفتی فتاد از حرکت چرخ بی‌قرار
      gufti tamām zilzila šud xāk-i mutma'in
      gufti fitād az hirkat čarx-i bē qarār
      You would say that all the trusty earth fell into an earthquake,
      You would say that the unmoving firmament toppled with motion.
  3. (archaic, literary, poetic) quiet; calm
  4. (archaic, literary, poetic) content

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مُطْمَئِن (mutma'in), from Arabic مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn).

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Adjective

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مُطْمَئِن (mutmain) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुतमइन)

  1. satisfied
    • 1989, Naseem Ahmed, تعلقات عامہ :پیشہ و فن [Public Relations: Profession and Art], page 87:
      وہ اپنے طریقوں کی اعلیٰ کارکردگی سے پوری طرح مطمئن ہوتا ہے۔
      vo apne tarīqõ kī a'lā kārkardagī se pūrī tarh mutmain hotā hai.
      He becomes completely satisfied with the excellent results of his methods.
  2. assured, confident
    • 1941, Immanuel Kant, translated by Dr. Syed Abid Hussain Sahib, تنقید عقلِ محض[2], translation of Critique of Pure Reason, page 321:
      صِرف ناتجربہ کاروں کو دھوکا دے سکتا ہؠ اور مطمئن کر سکتا ہؠ؂۱۔
      sirf nātajurba kārõ ko dhokā de saktā hai aur mutmain kar saktā hai.
      It can only deceive and assure the inexperienced.[¹]
  3. (uncommon) safe, secure
  4. at ease, tranquil
  5. (loosely, colloquial) shameless

See also

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Further reading

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  • مطمئن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مطمئن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مطمئن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مطمئن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مطمئن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “مطمئين”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC