ایمن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آمِن (ʔāmin),[1] with an imāla i-mutation. Compare Classical Persian لیکِنْ (lēkin) and بَلی (balē), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin) and بَلَى (balā).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ēmin
Dari reading? ēmin
Iranian reading? imen, iman
Tajik reading? emin

Adjective

ایمن • (ēmin / imen) (comparative ایمن‌تَر, superlative ایمن‌تَرین, Tajik spelling эмин)

  1. safe; secure, especially against hazards, accidents
    Synonyms: (more with attacks, crime) امن (amn), امن و امان (amn u amān / amn o amân), آسایشته (āsāyišta / âsâyešte), آرام (ārām / ârâm), بی‌خطر (bē-xatar / bi-xatar)
    Antonyms: خطرناک (xatarnâk), سیجناک (sijnâk)

Derived terms

  • ایمنی (ēminī / imeni, “safety”)
  • ایمنیت (ēminiyyat / imeniyat)

References

  1. ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ایمن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
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