Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian برهنه (birahna, nude, naked; bare).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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برہنہ (barahna)

  1. nude, naked, unclothed
    میں برہنہ ہو گئی اور نہائی تھی
    mẽ barahna ho gayī aur nahāyī thī
    I got nude and took a shower
  2. bare, uncovered
    ہم برہنہ ٹانگوں کے ساتھ دریا میں چلے گئے
    ham barahne ṭāngõ ke sāth daryā me cale ga'e
    we walked into the river with bare legs

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References

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  • برہنہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “برہنہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “برہنہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • برہنہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.