برائت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَرَاءَة (barāʔa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ba.ɾɑː.ˈʔat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɑː.ʔǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɑː.ʔǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɑːǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɔːǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.ɹɒː.ʔǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɔ.ʔǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	barā'at
Dari reading?	barā'at
Iranian reading?	barâ'at
Tajik reading?	baroʾat

Noun

برائت • (barâ'at)

1. (with از) exemption, freedom (from)
   1. exemption (from a responsibility)
   2. innocence, acquittal (from a crime)
   3. untaintedness, innocence (from something undesirable)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “برائت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim