মেহজাবিন

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Bengali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Urdu ماہ‌جبیں (māh-jabī̃), from Persian ماه‌جبین (māhjabīn, literally moon-like forehead), from Classical Persian ماه (māh, moon) + Arabic جبين (jabīn, forehead). The intial e-vowel forms may be via an intermediate Hindustani مہ‌جبین / महजबीन (mah-jabīn​), which often vocalizes the cluster ah as êh.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /meɦdʒabin/, [ˈmeɦdʒabin], /maɦdʒabin/, [ˈmaɦdʒabin], /meɦzabin/, [ˈmeɦzabin], /maɦzabin/, [ˈmaɦzabin]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /meɦdʑabin/, [ˈmeɦdʑabin], /maɦdʑabin/, [ˈmaɦdʑabin], /meɦzabin/, [ˈmeɦzabin], /maɦzabin/, [ˈmaɦzabin]

Proper noun[edit]

মেহজাবিন (mehjabin)

  1. a female given name, Mehzabin, Mehjabin, Mahzabin, or Mahjabin, from Persian

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