मुअय्यन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَیَّن (mu'ayyan), from Arabic مُعَيَّن (muʕayyan).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mʊ.əj.jən/, [mʊ.ɐj.jɐ̃n]

Adjective

मुअय्यन • (muayyan) (Urdu spelling معین)

  1. established, certain, determined, appointed
    • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib:
      मौत का एक दिन मुअय्यन है
      नींद क्यूँ रात भर नहीं आती
      maut kā ek din muayyan hai
      nīnd kyū̃ rāt bhar nahī̃ ātī
      That one day to die is certain
      Why still sleep doesn't come nights long
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