استفهام انکاری

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِفْهَام إِنْكَارِيّ (istifhām ʔinkāriyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tif.ˈhɑːm ʔan.kɑː.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪf.hɑ́ːm ʔäŋ.kʰɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪf.hɑ́ːm ʔäŋ.kʰɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.fɑ́ːm ʔäŋ.kʰɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.fɔ́ːm ʔäŋ.kʰɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰef.hɒ́ːm ʔæŋ.kʰɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰif.hɔ́m ʔäŋ.kʰɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	istifhām ankārī
Dari reading?	istifhām ankārī
Iranian reading?	estefhâm ankâri
Tajik reading?	istifhom ankori

Noun

استفهام انکاری • (estefhâm-e enkâri)

Example
“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?"

1. A rhetorical question in which the speaker means to say the answer is negative.

See also

• تعارف (ta'ârof)