قین

See also: قين, فين, and قئن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kï̄n (“sheath, scabbard”); cognate with Azerbaijani qın, Bashkir ҡын (qın), Chuvash йӗнӗ (jĕnĕ), Kazakh қын (qyn), Kyrgyz кын (kın), Turkmen gyn, Uyghur قىن (qin), Uzbek qin and Yakut кыын (kıın).

Noun

قین • (kın)

  1. sheath, scabbard, a holster for a sword
    Synonyms: جفن (cefn), غلف (gılıf)

Derived terms

  • قینلاتمق (kınlatmak, “to make or let be sheathed”)
  • قینلامق (kınlamak, “to sheathe a knife or sword”)
  • قینلانمق (kınlanmak, “to become furnished with a sheath”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kın
  • → Armenian: խըն (xən), ղին (ġin), կըն (kən)
  • → Bulgarian: кания (kanija)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare Persian کون (kun, “buttocks”) and dialectal Persian کین (kin, “buttocks”).

Noun

قین • (qin) (dialectal)

  1. arse, ass
    می قینم درد می‌کنه؟
  2. anus

Etymology 2

From a Turkic source: compare Turkish kıyın, Turkmen kyn, Uzbek qiyin.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qayn, qīn
Dari reading? qayn, qīn
Iranian reading? ġeyn, ġin
Tajik reading? qin

Adjective

قین • (qīn, qayn / ġin, ġeyn) (comparative قین‌تَر, superlative قین‌تَرین, Tajik spelling қин)

  1. (Tajik) difficult, hard
    Synonyms: سخت (saxt), دشوار (dušwār / došvâr)

Noun

قین • (qīn, qayn / ġin, ġeyn) (Tajik spelling қин)

  1. torture, torment
    Synonyms: عذاب (azāb / azâb), شکنجه (šikanja / šekanje)
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