هویت
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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | huwiyyat |
| Dari reading? | huwiyat |
| Iranian reading? | hoviyyat |
| Tajik reading? | huviyat |
Noun
هویت • (hoviyyat)
- (modern) identity
- هویت ملی ― hoviyyat-e melli ― national identity
- بحران هویت ― bohrân-e hoviyyat ― identity crisis
- (Islam, theology, philosophy) the essence of God; the "He-ness" of God
Further reading
- 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