استفهام انکاری
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِفْهَام إِنْكَارِيّ (istifhām ʔinkāriyy).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔis.tif.ˈhɑːm ʔan.kɑː.ˈɾiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰef.hɒ́ːm ʔæŋ.kʰɒː.ɹíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰif.hɔ́m ʔäŋ.kʰɔ.ɾí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | istifhām ankārī |
Dari reading? | istifhām ankārī |
Iranian reading? | estefhâm ankâri |
Tajik reading? | istifhom ankori |
Noun
[edit]استفهام انکاری • (estefhâm-e enkâri)
Example |
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“کی گفتم این کار را بکن؟” (key goftam in kâr râ bokon?) The speaker means "I never told you to do that." by asking literally "When did I tell you to do that?" |
- A rhetorical question in which the speaker means to say the answer is negative.
See also
[edit]- تعارف (ta'ârof)