سنگین

Baluchi

Adjective

سنگین • (sangín)

1. heavy

See also

• گراں (gerá̃)
• گران (girán)

Persian

Alternative forms

• سگین (segin) (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

From سنگ (sang, “stone”) +‎ ـین (-in).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [san.ˈɡiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡíːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡíːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡíːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɲ.ɡʲíːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säŋ.ɡín]

Readings
Classical reading?	sangīn
Dari reading?	sangīn
Iranian reading?	sangin
Tajik reading?	sangin

Adjective

Dari	سنگین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сангин

سنگین • (sangin) (comparative سنگین‌تَر (sangin-tar), superlative سنگین‌تَرین (sangin-tarin))

1. heavy

   Synonym: (archaic) گران (gerân)

   آن جعبه سنگین‌تر از آن است که فکر می‌کرد

   ân ja'be sangin-tar az ân ast ke fekr mi-kard.

   That box is heavier than he/she thought.

2. burdensome, tedious, difficult

   Synonym: سخت (saxt)

   Antonym: آسان (âsân)

3. solemn, dignified, serious
4. stony

Derived terms

• آب سنگین (âb-e sangin, “heavy water”)
• سنگینی (sangini, “heaviness”)

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: səngin
• → Baluchi: سنگین
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: संगीन (saṅgīn)

  Urdu: سنگین

• → Old Anatolian Turkish:
  • Azerbaijani: zəngin
  • Ottoman Turkish: زنگین (zengin)
    • Turkish: zengin
    • → Albanian: zengjin
    • → Arabic:

      North Levantine Arabic: زَنْكِيل (zangīl)

      South Levantine Arabic: زَنْكِيل (zankīl)

    • → Bulgarian: зенги́н (zengín)
    • → Macedonian: зенгин (zengin)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Latin script: zènđil

      Cyrillic script: зѐнђил

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸੰਗੀਨ (saṅgīn)

  Shahmukhi script: سنگین (saṅgīn)