"چیست" meaning in Persian

See چیست in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: [t͡ʃiːst] [Classical-Persian], [t͡ʃʰiːst̪] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰiːst̪] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰi.jä] [Kabuli], [t͡ʃʰiːs] [Kabuli], [t͡ʃʰist̪] (note: Hazaragi), [t͡ʃʰiːst̪] [Iran, formal], [t͡ʃʰiːst̪] [Iran, formal], [t͡ʃi.je] [Tehrani], [t͡ʃʰist̪] [Tajik, formal] Forms: čist [romanization]
Etymology: A contraction of چی (či, “what”) and است (ast, “is”) Etymology templates: {{m|fa|چی||what|tr=či}} چی (či, “what”), {{m|fa|است||is|tr=ast}} است (ast, “is”) Head templates: {{head|fa|phrase|tr=čist}} چیست • (čist)
  1. what's (what is)
    Sense id: en-چیست-fa-phrase-PYhUlf1z Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for چیست meaning in Persian (1.6kB)

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          "english": "What's the title of this book?",
          "roman": "'onvân-e in ketâb čist?",
          "text": "عنوان این کتاب چیست؟",
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