چیستی

English translation: the nature

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:چیستی
English translation:the nature
Entered by: Sophie Meis

12:44 Apr 29, 2022
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: چیستی
What does چیستی mean in Persian (Farsi)?
Sophie Meis
Australia
Local time: 20:27
quiddity/essence/nature
Explanation:
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Note added at 33 mins (2022-04-29 13:18:40 GMT)
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https://www.englishvocabulary.ir/fa2en/ماهیت/
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Fereshteh Izadi
Iran
Local time: 13:57
Grading comment
Many thanks, dears :-)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1essence, form
Edward Plaisance Jr
5(The) What/Nature
Mohammad Ghaffari
5Philosophy
Mehran Borzoufard
5quiddity/essence/nature
Fereshteh Izadi


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
essence, form


Explanation:
https://www.vajehyab.com/?q=چیستی

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 06:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 41

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agree  Sajad Neisi
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
(The) What/Nature


Explanation:
Actually, this is a very tricky Persian word, because it can be translated in many ways depending on the context, including "nature", "what xx is", and more.

It can be translated to "what", as in "چرایی، چیستی و چگونگی مدیریت نوآوری" for "the why, what and how of management innovation" (source below):
http://opac.nlai.ir/opac-prod/search/briefListSearch.do?comm...

It can also be translated to "nature", I think. This alternative is based on Dehkhoda dictionary's definition of the term, which has defined it as an equivalent to "ماهیت" which can be translated to nature (nothing to do with the environment, of course; it's "nature" as in "the name and nature of something").


Mohammad Ghaffari
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 28
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Philosophy


Explanation:


Mehran Borzoufard
Iran
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 20
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
quiddity/essence/nature


Explanation:
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Note added at 33 mins (2022-04-29 13:18:40 GMT)
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https://www.englishvocabulary.ir/fa2en/ماهیت/


    https://www.ir-translate.com/PU/Dictionary/WordPage.aspx?fid=665314
Fereshteh Izadi
Iran
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of: Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 24
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Many thanks, dears :-)
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