Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian برهنه.

Adjective edit

برهنه (bürehne)

  1. (literary, poetic) naked
    Synonym: چپلاق

References edit

  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “برهنه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 116

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian bl(ʾ)hnk' (brahnag),[1][2] from Proto-Iranian *bagnákah, with secondary -r-, from Proto-Iranian *bagná (naked),[3] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nagnás, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (naked); see there for further information.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? barahna
Dari reading? barahna
Iranian reading? berahne
Tajik reading? barahna

Adjective edit

Dari برهنه
Iranian Persian
Tajik бараҳна

برهنه (berahne)

  1. bare, naked, nude
    Synonyms: لخت (loxt), عریان (oryân)
    دیروز یک زن برهنه دیدم.
    Diruz yek zan-e berahne didam. (more literary)
    دیرو یه زن برهنه دیدم.
    Diru ye zan-e berahne didam. (more colloquial)
    I saw a naked woman yesterday.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Urdu: برہنہ (barahna)

References edit

  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1967) Prolexis to the Book of Zambasta (Indo-Scythian Studies Being Khotanese Texts; 6), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 256
  2. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19
  3. ^ Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009) T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, page 41