تکرار

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic تَكْرار (takrār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /takɾɑːɾ/
• (Dari): IPA^(key): /takɾɒːɾ/
• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /takɾɒːɾ/, /tekɾɒːɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /takɾɔːɾ/

Noun

Dari	تکرار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	такрор

تِکرار • (tekrâr) (plural تِکرارها (tekrâr-hâ))

1. 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)