غمگین

Persian

Etymology

From (ġam) +‎ (-gin).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣäm.ɡiːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣäm.ɡiːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣäm.ɡin]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæm.ɡʲiːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁäm.ɡin]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ġamgīn
Dari reading^?	ġamgīn
Iranian reading^?	ġamgin
Tajik reading^?	ġamgin

Audio (Iran): (file)

Adjective

غَمگین • (ġamgin) (comparative غَمگین‌تَر, superlative غَمگین‌تَرین)

sad (of people)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 117:
  زندگی چیست مرا چون تو چنین غمگینی
  جان زارم به سگ کوی تو نسپرده چراست
  zindagī čī-st ma-rā čūn tō čunīn ġamgīn-ī
  jān-i zāram ba sag-i kō-yi tō nasipurda čirā-st
  What is life for me when you are so sad?
  Why have you not entrusted my mournful soul to the dogs of your street?
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Usage notes

For “sad” as in “inducing grief” (of objects), use (ġamnâk) or (ġam-angiz).

Derived terms

غمگینی (ġamgini)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: qəmgin
→ Kazakh: ғамкүн (ğamkün)