کمین

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈmiːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.míːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.míːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.míːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kamīn
Dari reading^?	kamīn
Iranian reading^?	kamin
Tajik reading^?	kamin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كَمِين (kamīn).

Noun

کمین • (kamin)

ambush
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 153”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:
  از شبیخون و کمین ننگ آید او را روز جنگ
  دوست دارد جنگ لیکن بی شبیخون و کمین
  az šabīxūn u kamīn nang āyad ō rā rōz-i jang
  dōst dārad jang lēkin bē šabīxūn u kamīn
  He is ashamed of night attacks and ambushes on the day of war;
  He loves war, but without night attacks and ambushes.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Etymology 2

Adjective

کمین • (kamine)

(archaic) superlative degree of (kam, “few”): the least
Synonyms: کمینه (kamine), کمترین (kam-tarin)