هین

Gilaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”).

Verb

هین (hēn)

1. to buy

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hiːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hiːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hiːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔiːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hiːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hin]

Readings
Classical reading?	hīn
Dari reading?	hīn
Iranian reading?	hin
Tajik reading?	hin

Interjection

Dari	هین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳин

هین • (hîn)

1. behold, beware, io
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 434:

     دیو چون باز آمد ای بطان شتاب
     هین به بیرون کم روید از حصن آب

     dêw čôn bâz âmad ay batân šitâb
     hîn ba bêrûn kam ravîd az hisn-i-âb

     The Devil is like the falcon. O ducks, make haste!
     Beware, do not come out of your stronghold, the water.

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim