معدن

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع د ن‎ (ʿ-d-n)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.din/

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Noun

مَعْدِن • (maʿdin) m (plural مَعَادِن‎ (maʿādin))

1. mine, lode, place where a mineral is found
   • c. 950, أبو دلف مسعر بن مهلهل [ʾAbū Dulaf Misʿar Ibn Muhalhal], Kurd von Schlözer, editor, De itinere Asiatico commentarium‎^[1], published 1845 ^{WC GB}, pages 18–19:

     ‏فخرجت إلى الساحل أربد بكلة وهذا أول الهند ومنتهى مسير المراكب لا يتهيّأ لها أن يتجاوزها وألا غرقت قال فلما وصلت إلى كلة رأيته وهي عظيمة عالية السور كثيرة البساتين غزيرة الماء ووجدت بها معدن الرصاص القلعي لا يكون إلا في قلعتها في سائر الدنيا، وفي هذه القلعة تضرب السيوف القلعية، وهي الهندية العتيقة … وأهل هذه القلعة يمتنعون على ملكها إذا أرادوا يطيعونه إن أحبوا ورسمهم رسم الصين في ترك الذبائح وليس في جميع الدنيا معدن الرصاص القلعي إلا في هذه القلعة وبينهما وبين الصين ثلثمائة فرسخ وحولها مدن ورساتيق وقرى ولهم أحكام وحبوس وخبايات وأكلهم البر والتمور وبقولهم كلها تباع وزنا وأرغفة خبزهم تباع عددا ولا حمامات لهم بل عندهم عين جارية يغتسلون فيها ودرهمهم يزن ثلثي درهم ويعرف بالفهري ولهم فلوس يتعاملون بها ويلبسون كأهل الصين الإفرند الصيني المثمن وملكها دون ملك الصين ويخطب لملك الصين وقبلته إليه وبيت عبادته له.‎‎

     And I went off to the dusty shore of Kala, which is the first and ultimate end of India for vessels, as nobody even dares to imagine to pass by it since he would drown. When I arrived at Kala, I conned it and it is large and has high walls, many gardens and plenty of water, and I found mines of tin not found in the rest of the world but in Qalʿa, and in this Qalʿa one forges the Qalʿaite swords, the excellent Indian ones, and the populace of this Qalʿa withstands its king when it wants and abides by him when it lists, and their tradition is like the tradition of China, refraining from slaughtering beasts, and there aren’t in all the world tin mines but in this Qalʿa, and between them two and China are three-hundred parasang, and there are towns, rural districts and villages, and they have jurisdiction, jails, and corbans, and their food is wheat and dates and all their vegetables they buy by scales, and their bread is bread-rolls they buy by count. They have no baths but a running spring in which they wash, and their dirham weighs as a third-dirham and is known as Fahrī, and they have fulūs with which they commerce, and they dress like the people of China in dear Chinese silks, and their king is subordinate to the King of China, reports to the King of China, his praying direction is to him, his place of sacrifice is towards him.

2. mineral
3. metal

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْدِن (maʿdin)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْدِن maʿdin	الْمَعْدِن‎ al-maʿdin	مَعْدِن maʿdin
Nominative	مَعْدِنٌ maʿdinun	الْمَعْدِنُ‎ al-maʿdinu	مَعْدِنُ maʿdinu
Accusative	مَعْدِنًا‎ maʿdinan	الْمَعْدِنَ‎ al-maʿdina	مَعْدِنَ maʿdina
Genitive	مَعْدِنٍ maʿdinin	الْمَعْدِنِ‎ al-maʿdini	مَعْدِنِ maʿdini
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْدِنَيْن‎ maʿdinayn	الْمَعْدِنَيْن‎ al-maʿdinayn	مَعْدِنَيْ‎ maʿdinay
Nominative	مَعْدِنَانِ‎ maʿdināni	الْمَعْدِنَانِ‎ al-maʿdināni	مَعْدِنَا‎ maʿdinā
Accusative	مَعْدِنَيْنِ‎ maʿdinayni	الْمَعْدِنَيْنِ‎ al-maʿdinayni	مَعْدِنَيْ‎ maʿdinay
Genitive	مَعْدِنَيْنِ‎ maʿdinayni	الْمَعْدِنَيْنِ‎ al-maʿdinayni	مَعْدِنَيْ‎ maʿdinay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعَادِن‎ maʿādin	الْمَعَادِن‎ al-maʿādin	مَعَادِن‎ maʿādin
Nominative	مَعَادِنُ‎ maʿādinu	الْمَعَادِنُ‎ al-maʿādinu	مَعَادِنُ‎ maʿādinu
Accusative	مَعَادِنَ‎ maʿādina	الْمَعَادِنَ‎ al-maʿādina	مَعَادِنَ‎ maʿādina
Genitive	مَعَادِنَ‎ maʿādina	الْمَعَادِنِ‎ al-maʿādini	مَعَادِنِ‎ maʿādini

Derived terms

• مَعْدِنِيّ‎ (maʿdiniyy)

Noun

مِعْدَن • (miʿdan) m

1. (obsolete) a pointed hammer to strike rocks, a pickaxe

   Synonyms: صَاقُور‎ (ṣāqūr), مِعْوَل‎ (miʿwal)

Declension

Declension of noun مِعْدَن (miʿdan)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِعْدَن miʿdan	الْمِعْدَن‎ al-miʿdan	مِعْدَن miʿdan
Nominative	مِعْدَنٌ miʿdanun	الْمِعْدَنُ‎ al-miʿdanu	مِعْدَنُ miʿdanu
Accusative	مِعْدَنًا‎ miʿdanan	الْمِعْدَنَ‎ al-miʿdana	مِعْدَنَ miʿdana
Genitive	مِعْدَنٍ miʿdanin	الْمِعْدَنِ‎ al-miʿdani	مِعْدَنِ miʿdani

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Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْدِن‎ (maʿdin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑd̪ən/

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Noun

معدن • (mâdën) m (plural معدنونه‎ (mâdënûna))

1. (rare, obsolete) mineral

Declension

declension of معدن

	singular		plural
direct	معدن (mâdën)		معدنونه‎ (mâdënuna)
oblique	معدن (mâdën)		معدنونو‎ (mâdënuno)
vocative	معدنه‎ (mâdëna)		معدنونو‎ (mâdënuno)

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْدِن‎ (maʿdin).

Noun

معدن • (ma'dan) (plural معادن‎ (ma'âden) or معدن‌ها‎ (ma'dan-hâ))

1. mine, quarry

Synonyms

• کان‎ (kân)

Derived terms

• معدنی‎ (ma'dani)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْدِن‎ (maʿdin).

Noun

معدن • (ma'din) m

1. mine, quarry

Related terms

• معدنی‎ (ma'dinī)
• معدنیات‎ (ma'dinīyāt)