کین

See also: كین

Persian

Alternative forms

• کینه (kīna / kine)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kyn' /⁠kēn⁠/, “hate, malice, revenge”), from Old Persian *𐎣𐎡𐎴 (kaina-), from Proto-Iranian *kaynáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaynáH, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (“revenge, punishment; redemption price; price; honor”). Akin to Sanskrit चयते (cayate), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬁 (kaēnā, “punishment, revenge”) and Old Armenian քէն (kʻēn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰiːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰiːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲiːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰin]

• Rhymes: -iːn

Readings
Classical reading?	kīn
Dari reading?	kīn
Iranian reading?	kin
Tajik reading?	kin

Noun

کین • (kīn / kin) (Tajik spelling кин)

1. (archaic) hatred, enmity, rancour, malice; revenge

Derived terms

• کینی (kīnī / kini)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: كین (kin)

From the form کینه

• → Bengali: কিয়াইন (kiẏain)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كینه (kine)
• → Uzbek: gina

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کین”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kēn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 51