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[Facts] Re: Mahin
According to this site the Persian female name Mahin is pronounced as mah-HEEN: http://www.gor.net/things/namesfor.html#MI found a Facebook-account which explains the confusion: "My name is MAHIN/MAAHIN... and its not pronounced same as MAHEEN!"
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55315213256 :
The following info is given there:
Name: My name is MAHIN/MAAHIN... and its not pronounced same as MAHEEN!
Category: Common Interest - Languages
Description: This group is for all you 'Ma(a)hins' out there!
Don't you just get annoyed when people think your name is a variated spelling of 'Maheen'?! Though its ACTUALLY pronounced the way it is spelt: MAA-HIN (not heeeen!).SO HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE PEOPLE: 'Maaheen' (مھین) is a name of Persian orgin meaning related to the moon (since MAH is moon in Farsi... e.g MAHnoor means moonlight). Maheen can also mean: greatest; fine or thin texture; feeble voice.'Maahin' (ماحن) is name of Arabic origin. It is one of many names of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w/pbuh) meaning 'eliminator (of evils)'. Maahin is a unisex name; though an uncommon feminine version does exist: 'Maahina' (ماحنا).MAHEENS cannot join this group. Only us Maahins!! WOO!!Extra piece of info: Maahin is also a male Hindu name meaning 'great'.
Pronunciation of the BOY'S name Mahin in Sanskrit:
http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Mahin
http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Mahin.htmlPronunciation of Mahin as a surname:
http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/sayhow.html#mI hope this info helps you.
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I swear this is most irritated thing when people call me maheen man my name is not maheen it's "MAAHIN" "M.A.A.H.I.N" why can't you understand idk how to get rid of it... This is problem I am face since childhood
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Glad to have read this thread. My mum has named my daughter Mahin and i get frustrated when people keep calling her Maheen. She's a tiny baby, 21 months old at the moment.And yeah, i too go by the meaning, Mahin- Eliminator (of evils).
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Hey this information is wrong, it says Maahin was one of the many names of the prophet Muhammad, but it’s actually “Al- Mahi” which was one of the names of the prophet In sahih bukhari volume 4, book 56, number 732 narrated by Jubair bin Mutim it states “ I am Al-Mahi through whom allah will eliminate infidelity” NOT maahinAlthough, the name Mahin has been mentioned in the Quran in
43:52 surah az zukhruf ayah 52
77:20 surah al mursalat ayah 20
68:10 surah al qalam ayah 10But a child can not be named Mahin regarding the Arabic context as it’s translation in Arabic is worthless and in Islam you are not supposed to name someone with a word that has a bad meaning Instead someone can be named Mahin regarding the Persian context in which it means “moon- like”
Hope this helps �
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This website has Prophets 99 names ... and Mahin is not His name in the 99......http://www.ezsoftech.com/islamic/infallible1f.aspI am sorry about the wrong information someone gave to you. What matters is how you write it in arabic and not in English since it is a arabic and persian origin name not English.
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Any more information about the Hindu name? In Sanskrit, mahA, cognate with English much, does mean great, but I do not recognize the maahin form: which language is it from?
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Thanks!It helped a lot. :D
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