برین

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.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)

1. 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]

• (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)

1. crevice; fissure; narrow hole

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ 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)

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

Ushojo

Noun

برین (berīn)

1. a type of grass