تکرار
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَكْرار (takrār).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /tak.ˈraːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäk.ɾɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰækʰʲ.ɹɒːɹ], [t̪ʰekʰʲ.ɹɒːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäk.ɾɔɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | takrār |
| Dari reading? | takrār |
| Iranian reading? | takrâr, tekrâr |
| Tajik reading? | takror |
Noun
تِکرار • (takrār / tekrâr) (plural تِکرارها (takrār-hā / tekrâr-hâ), Tajik spelling такрор)
- repetition
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 318:
- گر چه حکمت را به تکرار آوری، چون تو نااهلی شود از تو بری.
- gar če hekmat-râ be takrâr âvari, čon to nâ-ahl-i šavad az to bar-i.
- Though you may learn Wisdom by rote, it becomes quit of you when you are unworthy.
Derived terms
- تکرار کردن (tekrâr kardan)
- تکراری (tekrâri)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “تکرار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “تکرار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.