زرین

زرین

Persian

Etymology

زر‎ (zar, “gold”) +‎ ـین‎ (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /zaɾ(ɾ)iːn/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /zaɾ(ɾ)iːn/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /zæɾ(ɾ)iːn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /zaɾ(ɾ)in/

Adjective

زرین • (zarin)

1. golden

   Synonyms: طلا‎ (talâ), طلایی‎ (talâyi)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2053:

     ‏گاو زرین بانگ کرد آخر چه گفت / کاحمقان را این همه رغبت شگفت‎

     gâv-e zarrin bâng kard âxer če goft / k-ahmaqân-râ in hame rağbat šokoft

     The golden calf uttered a cry; prithee, what did it say, that all this desire [for it] blossomed in the fools?