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یک مردِ پابرهنه
a barefoot man

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From پا (, foot) +‎ بِرَهنه (berahne, bare).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pāḇarahna
Dari reading? pābarahna
Iranian reading? pâberahne
Tajik reading? pobarahna

Adjective

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Dari پابرهنه
Iranian Persian
Tajik побараҳна

پابرهنه (pâberahne) (no comparative and superlative)

  1. 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.
  2. impoverished, destitute, penniless
    رعیتِ پابرهنهra'yat-e pâberahnethe penniless peasants

Adverb

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پابرهنه (pâberahne)

  1. 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

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Dari پابرهنه
Iranian Persian
Tajik побараҳна

پابرهنه (pâberahne) (plural پابرهنگان (pâberahne-gân) or پابرهنه‌ها (pâberahne-hâ))

  1. 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.
  2. (figurative, derogatory) an impoverished, destitute person
    Synonyms: مُستضعف (mostaz'af), پاپَتی (pâpati)
    شورشِ پابرهنگانšureš-e pâberahne-gânthe revolt of the poor

Derived terms

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