ایمن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آمِن (ʔāmin), from an Arabic dialect with imāla.[1] Classical Arabic /ʔaːmin/ becomes /ʔeːmin/ with imāla.

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 • (êmen) (comparative ایمن‌تَر, superlative ایمن‌تَرین)

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

Derived terms

  • ایمنی (êmeni, “safety”)
  • ایمنیت (êmeniyyat)

References

  1. ^ ايمنخا in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
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