سنگین

Baluchi

Adjective

سنگین • (sangín)

heavy

See also

گراں (gerá̃)
گران (girán)

Persian

Alternative forms

سگین (segin) (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

From (sang, “stone”) +‎ (-in).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /san.ˈɡiːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡíːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡíːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɲ.ɡʲíːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sangīn
Dari reading^?	sangīn
Iranian reading^?	sangin
Tajik reading^?	sangin

Adjective


Iranian Persian	سنگین
Dari	سنگین
Tajik	сангин

سنگین • (sangin) (comparative سنگین‌تَر, superlative سنگین‌تَرین)

heavy
Synonym: (archaic) گران (gerân)

ân ja'be sangin-tar az ân ast ke fekr mi-kard.
That box is heavier than he/she thought.
burdensome, tedious, difficult
Synonym: سخت (saxt)

Antonym: آسان (âsân)
solemn, dignified, serious
stony

Derived terms

آب سنگین (âb-e sangin, “heavy water”)
سنگینی (sangini, “heaviness”)

Descendants

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: səngin
→ Baluchi: سنگین
→ Crimean Tatar: zengin
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: संगीन (saṅgīn)

Urdu: سنگین
→ Old Anatolian Turkish:
- Azerbaijani: zəngin
- Ottoman Turkish: زنگین (zengin)
  - Turkish: zengin
  - → Albanian: zengjin
  - → Arabic:
    North Levantine Arabic: زَنْكِيل (zangīl)
    South Levantine Arabic: زَنْكِيل (zankīl)
  - → Bulgarian: зенги́н (zengín)
  - → Macedonian: зенгин (zengin)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: zènđil
    Cyrillic script: зѐнђил
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਸੰਗੀਨ (saṅgīn)

Shahmukhi script: سنگین (saṅgīn)