بی‌فرهنگ (Bi farhang)

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What does بی‌فرهنگ (Bi farhang) mean? بی‌فرهنگ (Bi farhang) is a Farsi (Persian) moderate that translates to “uncultured, uncivilized, crass” in English.

without culture

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"uncultured, uncivilized, crass"

Lacking 'farhang' — culture, education, refinement. In a civilization that invented the word 'paradise' and gave the world Rumi and Hafez, calling someone 'bi farhang' is saying they've failed to participate in humanity's highest achievements. It attacks someone's intellectual and aesthetic capacities simultaneously.

'Ādam-e bi farhang-i, az honar chizi nemifahmi' — you're an uncultured person, you don't understand anything about art. The ultimate intellectual dismissal.