Meaning of خام | Babel Free

Definitions

1. raw; crude; uncooked; unrefined
2. fresh; green; inexperienced, untrained
   figuratively
3. vain; idle (of thoughts, etc.)
   figuratively
4. bungled, unfinished, poor in quality
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“گوشت خام”

raw meat

“لاستیک خام”

raw rubber

“سنگ خام”

raw ore

“شکر خام”

unrefined sugar

“عاقبت تو رفت خواهی ناتمام کارهاات ابتر و نان تو خام”

At the end you will depart incomplete, your affairs marred and your bread unbaked.

“جوان خام”

inexperienced young man/woman

“زان بگرداند به هر سو آن لگام تا خبر یابد ز فارس اسپ خام”

He turns the bridle in every direction in order that the untrained horse may gain knowledge of the rider.

“آرزوی خام”

idle wish

“گفت من گفتم که عهد آن خسان خام باشد خام و سست و نارسان”

"I said," cried [the lion], "that the promise of those vile ones would be vain—vain and frail and unfulfilled."

“کار خام”

bungled work

“یکی دختری بود پوران بنام چو زن شاه شد کارها گشت خام بران تخت شاهیش بنشاندند بزرگان برو گوهر افشاندند”

There was a girl, Pōrān by name; When a woman has become king, affairs have gone bungled. [But] she was placed on the royal throne, And the great ones scattered jewels upon her.

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