آهنین

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

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