کمینه

Persian

Etymology

From (kam) +‎ (-ine).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.miː.ˈna/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.miː.nǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.miː.nǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mi.nǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.miː.né]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mi.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kamīna
Dari reading^?	kamīna
Iranian reading^?	kamine
Tajik reading^?	kamina

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Adjective

کمینه • (kamine)

(archaic) superlative degree of (kam, “few”): the least
Synonym: کمترین (kam-tarin)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 58:
  کای کمینه بخششت ملک جهان
  من چه گویم چون تو می‌‌دانی نهان
  k-ay kamīna baxšiš-at mulk-i jahān
  man či gūyam čōn tu mē-dānī nihān
  [Saying,] "O Thou whose least gift is the empire of the world, what shall I say, inasmuch as Thou knowest the hidden thing?

Noun

کمینه • (kamine)

(mathematics) minimum
Antonym: بیشینه (bišine, “maximum”)

Pronoun

کمینه • (kamine)

(humble, archaic) I, me; this humble one
Synonyms: کمین (kamin), بنده (bande)

Usage notes

Sometimes, women used (kamine) while men used (kamin) as a humble self-designation, because (-e) was mistakenly associated with the Arabic feminine suffix ـَة (-a).