پابرهنه

Persian
یک مردِ پابرهنه
a barefoot man

Alternative forms

Etymology

پا‎ (pâ, “foot”) +‎ بِرَهنه‎ (berahne, “bare”)

Adjective

پابرهنه • (pâberahne) (no comparative and superlative)

  1. barefoot
    ‏مردی پابرهنه روی ‌چمن‌ها نشسته بود‎
    mardi pâberahne ru-ye čaman-hâ nešaste bud.
    A barefoot guy was sitting on the grass.
    Synonym: پاپَتی‎ (pâpati) (colloquial)
  2. impoverished, destitute, penniless
    ‏رعیتِ پابرهنه‎ ― ra'yat-e pâberahne ― the penniless peasants

Adverb

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

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
    ‏شورشِ پابرهنگان‎ ― šureš-e pâberahne-gân ― the revolt of the poor
    Synonyms: مُستضعف‎ (mostaz'af), پاپَتی‎ (pâpati)

Derived terms
  • پابرهنگی‎ (pâberahne-gi)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پابرهنه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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