مسکن

See also: مسكن

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْكَن (maskan, “residence”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mas.ˈkan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæs.kʰʲǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäs.kʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	maskan
Dari reading^?	maskan
Iranian reading^?	maskan
Tajik reading^?	maskan

Noun

مسکن • (maskan) (plural مساکن (masâken), Tajik spelling маскан)

dwelling, residence, house
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 9:
  ساعد شه مسکن این باز باد
  تا ابد بر خلق این در باز باد
  sa'id-i šah maskan-i īn bāz bād
  tā abad bar xalq īn dar bāz bād
  May this falcon's resting-place be the fore-arm of the King!
  May this gate (to the Truth) be open to (all) the people unto everlasting!

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُسَكِّن (musakkin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.sak.ˈkin/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säk.kʰɪ́n]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.säk.kʰɪ́n]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.säk.kʰín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.sækʲ.kʰʲén]

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

Readings
Classical reading^?	musakkin
Dari reading^?	musakkin
Iranian reading^?	mosakken
Tajik reading^?	musakkin

Noun

مسکن • (musakkin / mosakken) (Tajik spelling мусаккин)

analgesic, painkiller

Further reading

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