هویت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هُوِيَّة (huwiyya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hu.wij.ˈjat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.wi.jǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.wi.jǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.wi.jǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ho.vi.jǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.vi.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	huwiyyat
Dari reading^?	huwiyat
Iranian reading^?	hoviyat
Tajik reading^?	huviyat

Noun

هویت • (hoviyyat)

(modern) identity
― hoviyyat-e melli ― national identity

― 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