زرین
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From زر (zar, “gold”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zaɾ.ˈɾiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zæɹ.ɹíːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zäɾ.ɾín]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zarrīn |
Dari reading? | zarrīn |
Iranian reading? | zarrin |
Tajik reading? | zarrin |
Adjective
[edit]زرین • (zarin)
- golden
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2053:
- گاو زرین بانگ کرد آخر چه گفت
کاحمقان را این همه رغبت شگفت- gâv-e zarrin bâng kard âxer če goft
k-ahmaqân-râ in hame rağbat šokoft - The golden calf uttered a cry; prithee, what did it say, that all this desire [for it] blossomed in the fools?
- gâv-e zarrin bâng kard âxer če goft