برهنه

Persian

Etymology

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 more.

Pronunciation

Adjective
Dari Persian برهنه‎
Iranian Persian برهنه‎
Tajiki Persian бараҳна (barahna)

برهنه • (berahne)

  1. bare, naked, nude
    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.
    Synonyms: عریان‎, لخت‎

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Descendants

References
  1. H. W. Baily, Indo-Scythian Studies (Khotanese Texts - volume VI), Cambridge University Press, 1967, Page 256
  2. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 19
  3. Čong, Dž. (Cheung, Johnny) (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
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