سکون
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /su.ˈkuːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sʊ.kʰúːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [so.kʰúːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [su.kʰún]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sukūn |
| Dari reading? | sukūn |
| Iranian reading? | sokun |
| Tajik reading? | sukun |
Noun
سکون • (sukūn / sokun) (Tajik spelling сукун)
- calm, quiet, tranquility
- rest, immobility
- the sukun (the diacritic ـْ marking the absence of a vowel)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سکون”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سُکُون (sukūn), from Arabic سُكُون (sukūn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sʊ.kuːn/
- Rhymes: -uːn
Noun
سُکُون • (sukūn) m (Hindi spelling सुकून)
- peace, tranquility
- (orthography) sukun
- Near-synonym: وِرام (virām)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سُکُون (sukūn) | سُکُون (sukūn) |
| oblique | سُکُون (sukūn) | سُکُونوں (sukūnõ) |
| vocative | سُکُون (sukūn) | سُکُونو (sukūno) |
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “سکون”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 770
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سکون”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 665
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سکون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 381
- “سکون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834) “سکون”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1081
- “سکون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.