آهنین

Persian

Etymology

آهن (âhan, “iron”) +‎ ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ha.niːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɦä.niːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɦä.niːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːä.niːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːä.nin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɦæ.niːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɦä.nin]

Readings
Classical reading?	āhanīn
Dari reading?	āhanīn
Iranian reading?	âhanin
Tajik reading?	ohanin

Adjective

آهنین • (âhanin)

1. iron, of iron
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 2263:

     جان سنگین دارم و دل آهنین
     ورنه خون گشتی درین رنج و حنین

     jân-e sangin dâram o del âhanin
     v-ar-na xun gašti dar-in ranj o hanin

     I have a soul of stone, and my heart is of iron,
     otherwise they would have turned into blood in this sorrow and lamentation.