آهنین

آهنین

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːhaniːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɑːhaniːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɒːhæniːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɔhanin/

Adjective

آهنین • (âhanin)

1. iron, of iron
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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.