برهنه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برهنه.

Adjective

برهنه • (bürehne)

1. (literary, poetic) naked

   Synonym: چپلاق

References

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

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ba.ɾah.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾäɦ.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾäɦ.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɑː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾɔː.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɹæɦ.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ɾäɦ.nǽ]

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

Adjective

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

• پابرهنه (pâberahne, “barefoot”)
• برهنه‌گرا (berahne-garâ)
• برهنه‌گرایی (berahne-garâyi)
• برهنگی (berahnegi)

Descendants

• → Urdu: برہنہ (barahna)