پابرهنه
Appearance
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- برهنهپا (berahnepâ)
Etymology
[edit]From پا (pâ, “foot”) + بِرَهنه (berahne, “bare”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [pɑː.βa.ɾah.ˈna]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɒː.be.ɹæɦ.né]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɔ.bä.ɾäɦ.nǽ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | pāḇarahna |
Dari reading? | pābarahna |
Iranian reading? | pâberahne |
Tajik reading? | pobarahna |
Adjective
[edit]Dari | پابرهنه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | побараҳна |
پابرهنه • (pâberahne) (no comparative and superlative)
- barefoot
- Synonym: (colloquial) پاپَتی (pâpati)
- مردی پابرهنه روی چمنها نشسته بود
- mardi pâberahne ru-ye čaman-hâ nešaste bud.
- A barefoot guy was sitting on the grass.
- impoverished, destitute, penniless
- رعیتِ پابرهنه ― ra'yat-e pâberahne ― the penniless peasants
Adverb
[edit]پابرهنه • (pâberahne)
- barefoot
- از شدّت سراسیمگی، پابرهنه به خیابان دوید.
- az šeddat-e sar-âsimegi, pâberahne be xiyâbân david.
- In a state of sheer agitation, [he/she] ran out barefoot onto the street.
Noun
[edit]Dari | پابرهنه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | побараҳна |
پابرهنه • (pâberahne) (plural پابرهنگان (pâberahne-gân) or پابرهنهها (pâberahne-hâ))
- a barefoot person
- او کفشهایش را به پابرهنهای بخشید.
- 'u kafš-hâyaš râ be pâberahne-'i baxšid.
- He/she gave his/her shoes to a barefoot person.
- (figurative, derogatory) an impoverished, destitute person
Derived terms
[edit]- پابرهنگی (pâberahne-gi)
References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “پابرهنه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press