برین

Persian

Etymology 1

‎ (bar, “on; upon”) +‎ ‎ (-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)

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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /biɾiːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /bɪɾiːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /beɾiːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /biɾin/

Noun

بِرین • (berin)

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)

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

Ushojo

Noun

برین (berīn)

a type of grass

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