هین

Gilaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”).

Verb

هین (hēn)

to buy

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hiːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hiːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔiːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hiːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hin]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hīn
Dari reading^?	hīn
Iranian reading^?	hin
Tajik reading^?	hin

Interjection


Iranian Persian	هین
Dari	هین
Tajik	ҳин

هین • (hîn)

behold, beware, io
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 434:
  دیو چون باز آمد ای بطان شتاب
  هین به بیرون کم روید از حصن آب
  dêw čôn bâz âmad ay batân šitâb
  hîn ba bêrûn kam ravîd az hisn-i-âb
  The Devil is like the falcon. O ducks, make haste!
  Beware, do not come out of your stronghold, the water.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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