متحصن

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَحَصِّن (mutaḥaṣṣin).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mutahassin
Dari reading? mutahassin
Iranian reading? motahassen
Tajik reading? mutahassin

Adjective

متحصن (motahassen)

  1. participating in a sit-in protest
    • 2024 May 11, “اعتراض‌های دانشجویان آمریکا علیه جنگ غزه چه شباهتی با اعتراض‌ها علیه جنگ ویتنام در سال ۱۹۶۸ دارد؟”, in bbc.com/persian, BBC Persian:
      بعضی از ناظران و رسانه‌ها رویارویی‌های اخیر و بیرون کردن معترضان متحصن در دانشگاه کلمبیا را با آنچه در سال ۱۹۶۸ در دانشگاه معتبر شهر نیویورک رخ داد مقایسه کرده‌اند.
      ba'zi az nâzerân va resâne-hâ ruyâruyi-hâ-ye axir o birun kardan-e mo'tarezân-e motahassen dar dânešgâh-e kolombiyâ râ bâ ânče dar sâl-e 1968 dar dânešgâh-e mo'tabar-e šahr-e niyuyork rox dâd moqâyese karde'and.
      Some observers and media outlets have compared the latest confrontations and the forcing out of sit-in protesters in the University of Columbia with the events which occurred in the year 1968 in this elite university in New York City.
  2. (archaic) taking refuge, fortifying oneself

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