Learn Farsi: از یک طرف منافع کشاورزی را می‌خواهند و از طرف دیگر بافت روستا را تخریب می‌کنند. - On the one hand they want agricultural benefits, and on the other hand they destroy the fabric of the village.

از یک طرف منافع کشاورزی را می‌خواهند و از طرف دیگر بافت روستا را تخریب می‌کنند.az yek taraf manâfe'-e keshâvarzi râ mikhâhand va az taraf-e digar bâft-e rustâ râ takhrib mikonand

On the one hand they want agricultural benefits, and on the other hand they destroy the fabric of the village.

Breakdown of از یک طرف منافع کشاورزی را می‌خواهند و از طرف دیگر بافت روستا را تخریب می‌کنند.

definite direct object marker

خواستنkhâstan

to want / to ask (request from someone)

Questions & Answers about از یک طرف منافع کشاورزی را می‌خواهند و از طرف دیگر بافت روستا را تخریب می‌کنند.

Why does the second part of the "on the one hand... on the other hand" phrase use an Ezafe (taraf-e digar) while the first part (yek taraf) does not?

In yek taraf (one side), the number yek comes before the noun it modifies, which does not require an Ezafe. In taraf-e digar (the other side), the adjective digar comes after the noun, so the Ezafe connector (-e) is required to link them.

The word baaft is translated as "fabric" here. Is this the same word I would use for the fabric of my clothes?

Not usually. baaft literally translates to "texture," "weaving," or biological "tissue." When talking about a village or city (baaft-e roosta or baaft-e shahr), it is used metaphorically to mean the structural layout, architecture, or traditional "fabric" of the area. For literal clothing fabric, you would use parche.

I see manafe' translates to "benefits," but it does not have a normal Farsi plural ending like -haa. Why is that?

manafe' is an Arabic broken plural of the word manfa'at (benefit, profit, or interest). At the B2 level, you will frequently see Arabic broken plurals in news, politics, and formal essays. They do not take standard Farsi suffixes but instead change their internal vowel structure.

Why is the direct object marker ra placed after the second word in phrases like baaft-e roosta ra instead of right after the main noun baaft?

The marker ra must always follow the entire direct object noun phrase, not just the head noun. Because is linked to by an Ezafe to create the full concept "village fabric," the has to wait until the very end of that chain to show that the whole phrase is the object being destroyed.