Breakdown of به خاطر فلان بدگویی، او بیآبرو شد.
او
he/she
شدنshodan
to become
به خاطرbe khâter-e
because of / for the sake of (often for a person's sake)
فلانfolân
such-and-such / so-and-so
بیآبروbi-âberu
disgraced / dishonored
بدگوییbadguyi
speaking ill / slander
Questions & Answers about به خاطر فلان بدگویی، او بیآبرو شد.
Why is فلان (folân) placed before the noun, and does it need an ezafe?
فلان acts as a determiner here, meaning such-and-such or a certain. Just like demonstratives (این, آن), it comes before the noun it modifies (بدگویی) and does not take an ezafe to connect to that noun.
Does the preposition phrase به خاطر (be khâter) take an ezafe before فلان?
Yes. The phrase is pronounced به خاطرِ فلان (be khâter-e folân). The preposition به خاطر requires an ezafe to link to its object, even when that object starts with a determiner like فلان.
How is the word بدگویی (bad-guyi) formed?
It is made up of بد (bad), the present stem گو (gu) from the verb گفتن (to say), and the noun-forming suffix ی (-i). Literally meaning bad-saying, it translates to slander or backbiting. Note that an extra ی consonant is inserted as a glide between the vowel stem and the suffix.
What is the literal meaning of بیآبرو (bi-âberu)?
It combines the prefix بی (without) and آبرو (âberu). آبرو is a highly common word meaning honor or reputation, which originally comes from آب (water) and رو (face). So, بیآبرو literally means without the water of the face, which translates to disgraced or dishonored.
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