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مسکنی

English translation: sedative

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:مسکن
English translation:sedative
Entered by: Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh

14:28 Sep 1, 2010
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism / Web Journalism
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: مسکنی
Greetings,

As in “سلول مسکنی”.

I hope I am right in thinking that it is an adjective in itself rather than مسکن plus indefinite ی.

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

PS Again, just to be on the safe side, let me give the whole paragraph.

درمدتی که در ۲۰۹ بودم، به خصوص اوایل که بازجویی داشتم، وقتی که حالم خوب نبود یا بینیم خونریزی می‌کرد، فقط در داخل سلول مسکنی به من تزریق می‌کردند. کل روز خواب بودم. مرا از سلول خارج نمی‌کردند یا به بهداری منتقل نمی‌کردند…
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:08
sedative
Explanation:
drug which causes calmness and relaxation, drug that reduces tension and anxiety

They inject a sedative ...

http://www.google.com/search?q=inject a sedative&ie=utf-8&oe...
Selected response from:

Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh
Local time: 02:38
Grading comment
many thanks excellent
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8sedative
Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh
5 +5Pain killer
Mohammad Emami
5 +2Tranquilizer
Reza Ebrahimi
5a pain reliever
Ahmad Kabiri
5calmative
Komeil Zamani Babgohari


Discussion entries: 6





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Pain killer


Explanation:
مسکّنی
It is the sentence's object.

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Note added at 8 mins (2010-09-01 14:37:38 GMT)
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A quick translation might be as "They only used to inject me a painkiller in the cell".

Mohammad Emami
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DR Maryam Taghavi
1 min
  -> .سپاسگزارم
agree  Hosein H
11 mins
  -> .سپاسگزارم
agree  Ryan Emami
5 hrs
  -> .سپاسگزارم
agree  Behnam Paran
6 hrs
  -> .سپاسگزارم
agree  Ali Beikian
21 hrs
  -> .سپاسگزارم
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
sedative


Explanation:
drug which causes calmness and relaxation, drug that reduces tension and anxiety

They inject a sedative ...

http://www.google.com/search?q=inject a sedative&ie=utf-8&oe...

Example sentence(s):
  • The doctor gave her a mild sedative to help her sleep
Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh
Local time: 02:38
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
many thanks excellent

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward Plaisance Jr: Sedative seems to be the best one here since the result was she slept all day.
17 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Armineh Johannes: armineh johannes
32 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Mojtaba Danesh
50 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Reza Rostamzadeh Khosroshahi
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  narcissusego: A ver strong equivalent, quite appropriate here!
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ryan Emami
5 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Behnam Paran
6 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ali Beikian
21 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Tranquilizer


Explanation:
Mosakkeni

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Note added at 19 mins (2010-09-01 14:48:00 GMT)
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No it is an Arabic term from the root of SAKANA which means anything which makes you calm but in here it is a DRUG used to make the prisoner calmer.

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Note added at 31 mins (2010-09-01 15:00:21 GMT)
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yes however آرامبخش has a positive connotation and can not be used in this context in my opinion

Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 16:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Armineh Johannes: armineh johannes
38 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Reza Rostamzadeh Khosroshahi
2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a pain reliever


Explanation:
Yes, this phrase contains the word "مسکن" (mosakken) meaning a drug that reduces pain, and an indefinite "ی".

Keep in mind that the word "سلول" is not related to "مسکن" and there can be a comma after the word "سلول".

Ahmad Kabiri
Iran
Local time: 02:38
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
calmative


Explanation:

ی has the function of object.
calmative:
/"kɑ:mətɪv, "kal-/
a. & n. L19. [f. prec. + -ATIVE.] Med. (An agent) that has a calming effect, (a) sedative.
CALMATIVE DRUGS:
http://www.ncstl.org/news/July07DaggettPharmacological Overv...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-01 17:40:13 GMT)
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Calmative Drugs uses in Medical

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-09-01 18:54:54 GMT)
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سلول is a room on a jail in which prisoners hold segregated, WARD.
درمدتی که در ۲۰۹ بودم، به خصوص اوایل که بازجویی داشتم، وقتی که حالم خوب نبود یا بینیم خونریزی می‌کرد، فقط در داخل سلول مسکنی به من تزریق می‌کردند. کل روز خواب بودم. مرا از سلول خارج نمی‌کردند یا به بهداری منتقل نمی‌کردند
by the time I was in 209 particularly at early times they inquired me, when I wasn't at mood or I had nose bleed, they injected a CALMATIVE DRUG to me only at ward. I was slept all the day. they neither let me get out of ward, nor transfer me to a health house.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-09-01 18:58:09 GMT)
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Narcotic also fits in the context.

Komeil Zamani Babgohari
Iran
Local time: 02:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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