زرین

Persian

Etymology

From (zarr, “gold”) +‎ (-īn / -in, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zaɾ.ˈɾiːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zär.ríːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zär.ríːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zär.rín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɹ.ɹíːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.ɾín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zarrīn
Dari reading^?	zarrīn
Iranian reading^?	zarrin
Tajik reading^?	zarrin

Adjective

زرین • (zarrīn / zarrin) (Tajik spelling заррин)

golden
Synonyms: طلا (tillā / talâ), طلایی (tillāyī / talâyi)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2053:
  گاو زرین بانگ کرد آخر چه گفت
  کاحمقان را این همه رغبت شکفت
  gāw-i zarrīn bāng kard āxir či guft
  k-ahmaqān-rā īn hama raġbat šukuft
  The golden calf uttered a cry; prithee, what did it say, that all this desire [for it] blossomed in the fools?
  (Classical Persian transliteration)