برین

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ba.ɾiːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾiːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾiːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾin]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.ɹiːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾin]

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

Adjective

بَرین • (barin)

highest; sublime
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:
  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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bi.ɾiːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.ɾiːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪ.ɾiːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bi.ɾin]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɹiːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bi.ɾin]

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

Noun

بِرین • (berin)

crevice; fissure; narrow hole

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾ ʔiːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ ʔiːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɾ ʔiːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɾ ʔin]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ ʔiːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ ʔin]

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

Contraction

برین • (bar in)

Contraction of (bar in, “upon this”).

Ushojo

Noun

برین (berīn)

a type of grass

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