برین

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

بَرین • (barin)

1. highest; sublime
   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ‎^[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)

Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”); compare Central Kurdish برین (brîn, “injury, cut”). Distantly related to English brine.

بِرین • (berin)

1. crevice; fissure; narrow hole

برین • (bar in)

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

برین (berīn)

1. a type of grass