মেহজাবিন

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • মাহজাবিন (mahjabin), মাহজাবীন (mahjabin)
  • মেহজাবীন (mehjabin)
  • মেহেজাবিন (mehejabin), মেহেজাবীন (mehejabin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَاه‌جَبِین (māh-jabīn, literally “moon-like forehead”), from ماه (māh, “moon”) + Arabic جبين (jabīn, “forehead”). The intial e-vowel forms came via an intermediate Hindustani مہ‌جبین / महजबीन (mah-jabīn​), which often vocalizes the cluster ah as êh.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mehd͡ʒabin/, [ˈmehd͡ʒabin], /mahd͡ʒabin/, [ˈmahd͡ʒabin], /mehzabin/, [ˈmehzabin], /mahzabin/, [ˈmahzabin]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mehdʑabin/, [ˈmehdʑabin], /mahdʑabin/, [ˈmahdʑabin], /mehzabin/, [ˈmehzabin], /mahzabin/, [ˈmahzabin]

Proper noun

মেহজাবিন • (mehjabin)

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