هویت
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [hu.wi.ˈjat]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ho.vi.jǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hu.vi.jǽt̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | huwiyat |
Dari reading? | huwiyat |
Iranian reading? | hoviyat |
Tajik reading? | huviyat |
Noun edit
هویت • (hoviyat)
- (modern) identity
- هویت ملی ― hoviyat-e melli ― national identity
- بحران هویت ― bohrân-e hoviyat ― identity crisis
- (Islam, theology, philosophy) the essence of God; the "He-ness" of God
Further reading edit
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “هویت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هویت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim