چنین

See also: جنين, حنئن, جنین, and حنين

Persian

Etymology

Contraction of چون (čon, “such as”) and این (in, “this”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃu.ˈniːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰʊ.níːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰʊ.níːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰʊ.níːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰu.nín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰo.níːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰu.nín]

Readings
Classical reading?	čunīn
Dari reading?	čunīn
Iranian reading?	čonin
Tajik reading?	čunin

• Audio (Iran):

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• (Iran, Dialectal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰeniːn]

Adjective

چنین • (čunīn / čonin) (Tajik spelling чунин)

1. such as this

Adverb

چنین • (čunīn / čonin) (Tajik spelling чунин)

1. this way; in this manner

Related terms

• چنان (čonân)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “چنین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• “چنین”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026