مطمئن

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ط م ء ن (ṭ m ʔ n)
4 terms

Derived from the active participle of اِطْمَأَنَّ (iṭmaʔanna, “to be calm, to be certain, to have confidence (in), to make sure (of)”).

Adjective

مُطْمَئِنّ • (muṭmaʔinn) (feminine مُطْمَئِنَّة (muṭmaʔinna), masculine plural مُطْمَئِنُّونَ (muṭmaʔinnūna), feminine plural مُطْمَئِنَّات (muṭmaʔinnāt))

  1. remaining quietly
  2. calm, peaceful, serene, tranquil
  3. assured, at ease, free from worry, having peace of mind, reassured, untroubled
  4. certain, confident, trusting
  5. safe, secure

Declension

Declension of adjective مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُطْمَئِنّ
muṭmaʔinn 		الْمُطْمَئِنّ
al-muṭmaʔinn 		مُطْمَئِنَّة
muṭmaʔinna 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّة
al-muṭmaʔinna
nominative مُطْمَئِنٌّ
muṭmaʔinnun 		الْمُطْمَئِنُّ
al-muṭmaʔinnu 		مُطْمَئِنَّةٌ
muṭmaʔinnatun 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
al-muṭmaʔinnatu
accusative مُطْمَئِنًّا
muṭmaʔinnan 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّ
al-muṭmaʔinna 		مُطْمَئِنَّةً
muṭmaʔinnatan 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّةَ
al-muṭmaʔinnata
genitive مُطْمَئِنٍّ
muṭmaʔinnin 		الْمُطْمَئِنِّ
al-muṭmaʔinni 		مُطْمَئِنَّةٍ
muṭmaʔinnatin 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّةِ
al-muṭmaʔinnati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُطْمَئِنَّيْن
muṭmaʔinnayn 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّيْن
al-muṭmaʔinnayn 		مُطْمَئِنَّتَيْن
muṭmaʔinnatayn 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّتَيْن
al-muṭmaʔinnatayn
nominative مُطْمَئِنَّانِ
muṭmaʔinnāni 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّانِ
al-muṭmaʔinnāni 		مُطْمَئِنَّتَانِ
muṭmaʔinnatāni 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّتَانِ
al-muṭmaʔinnatāni
accusative مُطْمَئِنَّيْنِ
muṭmaʔinnayni 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّيْنِ
al-muṭmaʔinnayni 		مُطْمَئِنَّتَيْنِ
muṭmaʔinnatayni 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّتَيْنِ
al-muṭmaʔinnatayni
genitive مُطْمَئِنَّيْنِ
muṭmaʔinnayni 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّيْنِ
al-muṭmaʔinnayni 		مُطْمَئِنَّتَيْنِ
muṭmaʔinnatayni 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّتَيْنِ
al-muṭmaʔinnatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُطْمَئِنِّين
muṭmaʔinnīn 		الْمُطْمَئِنِّين
al-muṭmaʔinnīn 		مُطْمَئِنَّات
muṭmaʔinnāt 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّات
al-muṭmaʔinnāt
nominative مُطْمَئِنُّونَ
muṭmaʔinnūna 		الْمُطْمَئِنُّونَ
al-muṭmaʔinnūna 		مُطْمَئِنَّاتٌ
muṭmaʔinnātun 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّاتُ
al-muṭmaʔinnātu
accusative مُطْمَئِنِّينَ
muṭmaʔinnīna 		الْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ
al-muṭmaʔinnīna 		مُطْمَئِنَّاتٍ
muṭmaʔinnātin 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّاتِ
al-muṭmaʔinnāti
genitive مُطْمَئِنِّينَ
muṭmaʔinnīna 		الْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ
al-muṭmaʔinnīna 		مُطْمَئِنَّاتٍ
muṭmaʔinnātin 		الْمُطْمَئِنَّاتِ
al-muṭmaʔinnāti

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: مطمئن (mutmain)
  • → Persian: مُطْمَئِن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mutma'in
Dari reading? mutma'in
Iranian reading? motma'en
Tajik reading? mutma'in

Adjective

Dari مطمئن
Iranian Persian
Tajik мутмаин, мутмаъин

مطمئن • (motma'en)

  1. sure; confident; certain; assured
    مطمئن نیستم. ― motma'en nistam. ― I'm not sure.
  2. trusted; secure; safe
    جای مطمئن بذارش. (coll. Iranian)
    jâ-ye motma'en bezâr-eš.
    Place it somewhere safe.
    • c. 1580, Muḥtasham of Kāshān, “باز این چه شورش است که در خلق عالم است”, in دیوان اشعار‎[1]:
      گفتی تمام زلزله شد خاک مطمئن
      گفتی فتاد از حرکت چرخ بی‌قرار
      gufti tamām zilzila šud xāk-i mutma'in
      gufti fitād az hirkat čarx-i bē qarār
      You would say that all the trusty earth fell into an earthquake,
      You would say that the unmoving firmament toppled with motion.
  3. (archaic, literary, poetic) quiet; calm
  4. (archaic, literary, poetic) content

Derived terms

  • مطمئن بودن (motma'en budan)
  • مطمئن شدن (motma'en šodan)
  • مطمئن کردن (motma'en kardan)
  • مطمئناً (motma'enan)

Descendants

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُطْمَئِن (mutma'in), from Arabic مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊt̪.mə.ɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪn
  • Hyphenation: مُط‧مَ‧ءِن

Adjective

مُطْمَئِن • (mutmain) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुतमइन)

  1. satisfied
    • 1989, Naseem Ahmed, تعلقات عامہ :پیشہ و فن [Public Relations: Profession and Art], page 87:
      وہ اپنے طریقوں کی اعلیٰ کارکردگی سے پوری طرح مطمئن ہوتا ہے۔
      vo apne tarīqõ kī a'lā kārkardagī se pūrī tarh mutmain hotā hai.
      He becomes completely satisfied with the excellent results of his methods.
  2. assured, confident
    • 1941, Immanuel Kant, translated by Dr. Syed Abid Hussain Sahib, تنقید عقلِ محض‎[2], translation of Critique of Pure Reason, page 321:
      صِرف ناتجربہ کاروں کو دھوکا دے سکتا ہؠ اور مطمئن کر سکتا ہؠ؂۱۔
      sirf nātajurba kārõ ko dhokā de saktā hai aur mutmain kar saktā hai.
      It can only deceive and assure the inexperienced.[¹]
  3. (uncommon) safe, secure
  4. at ease, tranquil
  5. (loosely, colloquial) shameless

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ط م ء ن (0 c, 2 e)

Further reading

  • “مطمئن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مطمئن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مطمئن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مطمئن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مطمئن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “مطمئين”, 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
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