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Persian
Etymology 1
بر (bar, “on; upon”) + ـین (-in, elative suffix).
Pronunciation
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barīn
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barīn
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barin
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barin
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Adjective
بَرین • (barin)
- highest; sublime
c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]:من ملک بودم و فردوسِ برین جایم بود
آدم آورد در این دیرِ خراب آبادم- man malak bûdam u firdaws-i barîn jâ-yam bûd
âdam âward dar în dayr-i xarâb âbâd-am - I was an angel, and the highest heaven was my place;
Man brought me into this monastery built amid ruins.
Etymology 2
Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”); compare Central Kurdish برین (brîn, “injury, cut”). Distantly related to English brine.
Pronunciation
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birīn
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birīn
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berin
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birin
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Noun
بِرین • (berin)
- crevice; fissure; narrow hole
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
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bar īn
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bar īn
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bar in
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bar in
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Contraction
برین • (bar in)
- Contraction of بر این (bar in, “upon this”).
Ushojo
Noun
برین (berīn)
- a type of grass