برین

برین

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baɾiːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /baɾiːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /bæɾiːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /baɾin/

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 būdam u firdaws-i barīn jā-yam būd
     ādam āward dar īn dayr-i xarāb ābād-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): /biɾiːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /bɪɾiːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /beɾiːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /biɾin/

Noun

بِرین • (berin)

1. crevice; fissure; narrow hole

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baɾ iːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /baɾ iːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /bæɾ iːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /baɾ 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