تمکین

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمْكِين (tamkīn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tam.ˈkiːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰíːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰíːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæm.kʰʲíːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäm.kʰín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tamkīn
Dari reading^?	tamkīn
Iranian reading^?	tamkin
Tajik reading^?	tamkin

Noun

تمکین • (tamkin)

(Islamic law) the wife's deference to her husband
1. (in particular) the wife's duty to have sex upon her husband's request
(more broadly) deference, compliance, obedience
Synonym: اطاعت (etâ'at)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تمکین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim