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barin

/bɑ.ɹɪn/

barin noun: synonym of boyar.

Noun

barin (plural barins)

  1. Synonym of boyar.
    • Do not take him away, for he is a Barin, and yet he seeks to understand the mujik, and that also is a new thing.1927, Theodore Acland Harper with Winifred Harper, “Under the Water Tower”, in Siberian Gold, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., →OCLC, page 326
    • As a matter of "education (or re-education)" of his farmers, a landlord (barin) was demonstrating them a new plough he has purchased in Germany. The farmers (mouzhiki) watched silently and attentively. Then one of them said: - Barin, is this plough from Germany? - Yes. - That Germany which buys...1992 September 6, Mark Markish x2799, “Organic Russia”, in soc.culture.soviet (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2025
    Synonyms:
    boyar

Proper noun capitalized: Barin

Barin

  1. A town in Payzawat, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Village chiefs from Barin township, in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture’s Peyziwat (Jiashi) county, recently told RFA’s Uyghur Service that hundreds of the Islamic holy books printed before 2012 had been seized since authorities issued an order recalling them on Jan. 15.2017, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Confiscate ‘Extremist’ Qurans From Uyghur Muslims”, in Mamatjan Juma, Alim Seytoff, transl., Radio Free Asia
  2. A township in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • The counter-revolutionary armed riot which took place in the Barin town of Aktu County on April 5, 1990 was a well-planned, well-organized and premeditated violent act of a small number of reactionaries and ethnic separatists hidden in Barin. Cloaked in religion, they deceived and forced some...1998, Zhang Yumo, “THE ANTI-SEPARATISM STRUGGLE AND ITS HISTORICAL LESSONS SINCE THE LIBERATION OF XINJIANG”, in Turdi Ghoja, transl., Uyghur American Association, archived from the original on 03...
    • In 1990, an uprising in Barin town resulted in a clash between Uyghurs and police.1999, Soledad A Hernando, Emergent Institutions in Asia: Cases and Concepts, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 87
  3. A township in Kargilik, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
  4. A township in Shule, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
  5. A village in Barin, Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Thanks to this work and research experience I had the possibility to get access areas which in 2012 were still closed to foreigners and Chinese non-residents as Peizawat County, Akto County, and Barin village, to collect material and make interviews to farmers.2020, Alessandra Cappelletti, Socio-Economic Development in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Disparities and Power Struggle in China's North-West, page viii
    Synonyms:
    Pa-jen

Examples of barin in a sentence

  • As a matter of "education (or re-education)" of his farmers, a landlord (barin) was demonstrating them a new plough he has purchased in Germany.1992 September 6, Mark Markish x2799, “Organic Russia”, in soc.culture.soviet (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2025:
  • There is Russian saying - Muzhik was angry at barin but barin did not even know about that2010 January 5, daniloff, “Has Russia to demand compensation from Latvia?”, in soc.culture.baltics (Usenet), archived from the original on...

Synonyms of barin

Forms of barin

pluralbarins

Origin of barin

From Russian ба́рин (bárin).

Borrowed from Uyghur بارىن (barin).

Questions about barin

What does barin mean?
Barin means synonym of boyar.
How do you use barin in a sentence?
As a matter of "education (or re-education)" of his farmers, a landlord (barin) was demonstrating them a new plough he has purchased in Germany.
What part of speech is barin?
Barin can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce barin?
Barin is pronounced /bɑ.ɹɪn/.
What is the plural of barin?
The plural of barin is barins.

Words near barin in the dictionary

  1. barillet
  2. barillets
  3. Bariloche
  4. Barilović
  5. Barils
  6. barin
  7. Barinas
  8. baring
  9. baring all
  10. baring it all
  11. baring one's breast

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