See also: آئینه and آئینہ

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived from Middle Persian ʾdwynk' (ēwēnag, mirror), from Proto-Iranian *daiH- (to look, see), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see).

Related to دیدن (didan, to see, look), Baluchi آدینک (adí̃k), Lurish ۏیینںە (öyinə), Ossetian айдӕн (ajdæn, mirror).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? āyīna
Dari reading? āyīna
Iranian reading? âyine
Tajik reading? oyina

Nomen

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Dari آینه, آئینه, آیینه
Iranian Persian
Tajik оина

آیینه (âyine)

  1. mirror
    Synonyms: آبگینه (âbgine), مرآت (mer-ât)

Descendants

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  • Assamese: আইনা (aina)
  • Bengali: আয়না (aẏna)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਆਈਨਾ (āīnā)
    Shahmukhi script: آیینہ (āīnā)
  • Rohingya: aina