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in reply to a message by dramaelf
The Iranian/Farsi name Behin seems to be used in Arabic as well, as Baheen (at least the transliteration is given as thus).
I could not find a good source for a meaning of either name.
What I did find on several sites of unknown quality is a meaning of "best", e.g. here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=842266
An online Farsi dictionary that I checked did not list a word بهین behin at all, however...
Rene www.BabyNames.ch
I could not find a good source for a meaning of either name.
What I did find on several sites of unknown quality is a meaning of "best", e.g. here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=842266
An online Farsi dictionary that I checked did not list a word بهین behin at all, however...
Rene www.BabyNames.ch
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The -in may be a suffix. I know no Farsi, but it does not decline adjectives by gender, though the Avestan language did, in Hindi, there is a feminine -in; but bahin itself is a Sanskrit origin word meaning sister. The Farsi comparative behtar in the sense of more/better is used in Hindi, and beh itself exists in Farsi dictionaries.
Of course, Farsi words have been borrowed in Turkic etc., so all this is rather conjectural.
Of course, Farsi words have been borrowed in Turkic etc., so all this is rather conjectural.
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