برین

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Persian

Etymology 1

From بر (bar, “on; upon”) +‎ ـین (-in, elative suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? barīn
Dari reading? barīn
Iranian reading? barin
Tajik reading? barin

Adjective

بَرین • (barin)

  1. 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.
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

Etymology 2

Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”); compare Central Kurdish برین (brîn, “injury, cut”). Distantly related to English brine.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? birīn
Dari reading? birīn
Iranian reading? berin
Tajik reading? birin

Noun

بِرین • (berin)

  1. crevice; fissure; narrow hole

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bar īn
Dari reading? bar īn
Iranian reading? bar in
Tajik reading? bar in

Contraction

برین • (bar in)

  1. Contraction of بر این (bar in, “upon this”).

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Noun

برین (berīn)

  1. a type of grass
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