برہنہ

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

برہنہ (barahna) ?

  1. nude, naked, unclothed
    میں برہنہ ہو گئی اور نہایا تی
    mẽ barahna ho gī aur nahāyā tī
    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

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • برہنہ سر (barahna-sar, bare head)
  • بَرَہْنَہ پا (barahna-pā, barefooted)
  • جسم برہنہ (jism-e-barahna, nude body)
  • نِیم بَرَہنَہ (nīm-barahna, semi-nude)
  • شَمْشِیرِ بَرْہَنَہ (śamśīr-e-barahna, unsheathed sword, literally naked sword)

References

  • برہنہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (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 Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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