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porter in Persian

بارکش bâr-keš

/ˈpɔːtə/US/ˈpɔɹtɚ/

porter in Persian: بارکش (bâr-keš), باربر (bâr-bar), حمال (hammâl), کولبر (kul-bar). In English, porter means a person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.

Persian words for porter

person who carries luggage
بارکش bâr-keš, باربر bâr-bar, حمال hammâl, کولبر kul-bar
person in control of a building entrance
دربان darbân, نگهبان negahbân

English meaning of porter

  1. noun A person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.
  2. noun An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
  3. noun One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
  4. noun A person in control of the entrance to a building.

Full definition of porter

porter in a sentence

  • By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

porter in other languages

Questions about porter in Persian

What is the meaning of porter in Persian?
Porter in Persian is بارکش (bâr-keš), باربر (bâr-bar), حمال (hammâl), کولبر (kul-bar).
معنی porter چیست؟
Porter: بارکش (bâr-keš), باربر (bâr-bar), حمال (hammâl), کولبر (kul-bar).
What does porter mean in English?
Porter means a person who carries luggage and related objects; (historically) one who carried luggage or did manual labour in the transloading of cargo.

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