بین

See also: بين, تین, پین, and ب ي ن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna).

Noun

بین • (beyn)

1. interval; distance; space between

   Synonym: آرا (ara)

Usage notes

• The single possession locative بیننده (beyninde) is used as a postposition in the same sense as modern arasında.

Descendants

• Turkish: beyn

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 304
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “beyn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 425

Persian

Etymology 1

Dari	بین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	байн

From Arabic بَيْنَ (bayna), بَيْن (bayn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bajn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäjn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäjn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bejn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjn]

Readings
Classical reading?	bayn
Dari reading?	bayn
Iranian reading?	beyn
Tajik reading?	bayn

Noun

بین • (beyn)

1. separation

Preposition

بین • (beyn)

1. between

   بین این دو beyn-e in do — between these two

Synonyms

• میان (miyân)

Derived terms

• از بین بردن (az beyn bordan)
• از بین رفتن (az beyn raftan)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian wēn-, the present stem of dīdan (compare Ossetian уынын (wynyn), Yagnobi венак (venak), Zazaki vînayîş), from Old Persian [script needed] (vaina-, “to see”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀- (vaēna-)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beːn], [biːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [biːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bin]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bin]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēn, bīn
Dari reading?	bīn
Iranian reading?	bin
Tajik reading?	bin

Verb

بین • (bin)

1. present stem form of دیدن (didan)

Derived terms

• دوربین (dur-bin)
• ذره‌بین (zarre-bin)
• خودبین (xodbin)

Ushojo

Noun

بین (ben)

1. wild mint