# مطمئن
## Arabic
### Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِطْمَأَنَّ (iṭmaʔanna, “to be calm, to be certain, to have confidence (in), to make sure (of)”).

### Adjective

مُطْمَئِنّ • (muṭmaʔinn) (feminine مُطْمَئِنَّة (muṭmaʔinna), masculine plural مُطْمَئِنُّونَ (muṭmaʔinnūna), feminine plural مُطْمَئِنَّات (muṭmaʔinnāt))
* remaining quietly
* calm, peaceful, serene, tranquil
* assured, at ease, free from worry, having peace of mind, reassured, untroubled
* certain, confident, trusting
* safe, secure

#### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: مطمئن (mutmain)
** Turkish: mutmain
* → Persian: مُطْمَئِن
** → Urdu: مُطْمَئِن (mutmain)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mut.ma.ˈʔin]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊt̪.mä.ʔɪ́n]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊt̪.mä.ʔɪ́n]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊt̪.mä.jɪ́n]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mut̪.mä.jín]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mot̪.mæ.ʔén]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mut̪.mä.ʔín]

### Adjective

مطمئن • (motma'en)
* sure; confident; certain; assured
    مطمئن نیستم. ― motma'en nistam. ― I'm not sure.
* trusted; secure; safe
    جای مطمئن بذارش. (coll. Iranian)jâ-ye motma'en bezâr-eš.Place it somewhere safe.
** c. 1580, Muḥtasham of Kāshān, “باز این چه شورش است که در خلق عالم است”, in دیوان اشعار‎:گفتی تمام زلزله شد خاک مطمئن گفتی فتاد از حرکت چرخ بی‌قرارgufti tamām zilzila šud xāk-i mutma'in gufti fitād az hirkat čarx-i bē qarārYou would say that all the trusty earth fell into an earthquake, You would say that the unmoving firmament toppled with motion.
* (archaic, literary, poetic) quiet; calm
* (archaic, literary, poetic) content

#### Derived terms

* مطمئن بودن (motma'en budan)
* مطمئن شدن (motma'en šodan)
* مطمئن کردن (motma'en kardan)
* مطمئناً (motma'enan)

#### Descendants

* → Urdu: مُطْمَئِن (mutmain)

### References

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مطمئن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مطمئن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
* Lambton, Ann K.S. (1954) Persian Vocabulary, London: Cambridge University Press, page 152
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مطمئن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُطْمَئِن (mutma'in), from Arabic مُطْمَئِنّ (muṭmaʔinn).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mʊt̪.mə.ɪn/
* Rhymes: -ɪn
* Hyphenation: مُط‧مَ‧ءِن

### Adjective

مُطْمَئِن • (mutmain) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मुतमइन)
* satisfied
** 1989, Naseem Ahmed, تعلقات عامہ :پیشہ و فن [Public Relations: Profession and Art], page 87:وہ اپنے طریقوں کی اعلیٰ کارکردگی سے پوری طرح مطمئن ہوتا ہے۔vo apne tarīqõ kī a'lā kārkardagī se pūrī tarh mutmain hotā hai.He becomes completely satisfied with the excellent results of his methods.
* assured, confident
** 1941, Immanuel Kant, translated by Dr. Syed Abid Hussain Sahib, تنقید عقلِ محض‎, translation of Critique of Pure Reason, page 321:صِرف ناتجربہ کاروں کو دھوکا دے سکتا ہؠ اور مطمئن کر سکتا ہؠ؂۱۔sirf nātajurba kārõ ko dhokā de saktā hai aur mutmain kar saktā hai.It can only deceive and assure the inexperienced.[¹]
* (uncommon) safe, secure
* at ease, tranquil
* (loosely, colloquial) shameless

#### See also
### Further reading

* “مطمئن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “مطمئن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مطمئن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “مطمئن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “مطمئن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* John Shakespear (1834) “مطمئين”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC