معين

From the root ع ي ن‎ (ʕ-y-n). Cognate with Hebrew מַעְיָן‎ (ma'ayán, “spring, fountain”).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʕiːn/

مَعِين • (maʕīn) m (plural مُعُن‎ (muʕun) or مُعْنَان‎ (muʕnān)) (archaic)

1. well, spring, water source

   Synonyms: عَيْن‎ (ʕayn), جَدْوَل‎ (jadwal)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:

     ‏يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ بِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ‎

     yaṭūfu ʕalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladūna biʔakwābin waʔabārīqa wakaʔsin mmin mmaʕīnin

     There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.

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Derived from the active participle and passive participle of عَيَّنَ‎ (ʕayyana).

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕaj.jin/
• IPA^(key): /mu.ʕaj.jan/

مُعَيِّن • (muʕayyin)

1. active participle of عَيَّنَ‎ (ʕayyana).

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مُعَيَّن • (muʕayyan)

1. passive participle of عَيَّنَ‎ (ʕayyana)
2. definite, clear, determined, known
3. rhombic

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• → Azerbaijani: müəyyən
• → Bashkir: моғайын (moğayın)
• → Kazakh: мұғайын (mūğaiyn)
• → Tatar: мөгаен (mögayen)
• → Persian: معین‎
  • → Hindi: मु'अय्यन (mu'ayyan)
  • → Urdu: معین‎‎
• → Ottoman Turkish: معین‎‎
  • → Turkish: muayyen
• → Uyghur: مۇئەييەن‎ (mu'eyyen)
• → Uzbek: muayyan

مُعَيَّن • (muʕayyan) m (plural مُعَيَّنَات‎ (muʕayyanāt))

1. rhombus

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• Azerbaijani: müəyyən

From Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩲𐩬‎ (mʿn).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʕiːn/

مَعِين • (maʕīn) f

1. the state of Maʿīn in ancient Yemen

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• مَعِينِيّ‎ (maʕīniyy, “Minaean”)

• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “معين”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 427
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “معين”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1031

Equivalent to the passive participle of عيّن‎ (ʕayyan, “to designate”) .

• IPA^(key): /mʕaj.jan/, [ˈmʕaj.jan]

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معين • (muʕayyan) (feminine معيّنة‎ (muʕayyane), common plural معيّنين‎ (muʕayyanīn))

1. certain, specific, particular

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