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Arabic term or phrase:
InkishAf
English translation:
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Arabic term
United States
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Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: Persian (Farsi) to English, Dari to English, Tajik to English, and 4 more.
EnkeshAf
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
borrowed terms
This is a Dari to English text I am translating in which the Arabic word "enkeshAf" has been used:
دفتر نمایندگی انکشاف بین المللی ایالات متحده امریکا
What are the different meanings for "EnkeshAf"?
The text is related to the energy sector.
دفتر نمایندگی انکشاف بین المللی ایالات متحده امریکا
What are the different meanings for "EnkeshAf"?
The text is related to the energy sector.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | do you mean USAID? |
Aisha Maniar
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| 4 +1 | disclosure, revelation |
Nesrin
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| 4 +1 | exposure |
Fuad Yahya
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Change log
May 4, 2005 12:08: Fuad Yahya changed "Term asked" from "EnkeshAfe beynolmelali" to "EnkeshAf"
Jun 4, 2005 18:32: Fuad Yahya changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Energy / Power Generation" to "Linguistics" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "borrowed terms"
Proposed translations
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Aisha Maniar
Native in English
Works in field
French/Arabic-English legal translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English, English
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Arabic term (edited):
EnkeshAfe beynolmelali
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do you mean USAID?
In Arabic, the word انکشاف is not used very much (as far as I'm aware) but would have the meaning "disclosure/revelation/uncovering, etc.". I do know however that in modern Farsi انکشاف can mean "development", thus is the meaning you are looking for "development", giving you USAID office for your whole translation.
موفق باشيد
موفق باشيد
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Comment: "Aisha and Nesrin both were right about USAID, but Aisha was the early bird :-)
Fuad was very helpful in helping me get the complete picture.
Thank you all!"
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Arabic term (edited):
EnkeshAfe beynolmelali
disclosure, revelation
THe word انكشاف (from the verb انكشف inkashafa, meaning to be uncovered, revealed) means disclosure, revelation.
I suspect this is one of the cases in which an Arabic word adopted in Farsi/Dari has taken on a different meaning entirely from the original (I remember seeing quite a few when I was learning Farsi some years ago).
Is it possible that نمايندگی انکشاف بين المللی ايالات متحده امريکا refers to USAID?
I suspect this is one of the cases in which an Arabic word adopted in Farsi/Dari has taken on a different meaning entirely from the original (I remember seeing quite a few when I was learning Farsi some years ago).
Is it possible that نمايندگی انکشاف بين المللی ايالات متحده امريکا refers to USAID?
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exposure
The noun INKISHAF is derived from the the verb INKASHAFA, which is the reflexive form of the verb KASHAF, which means to remove cover ("uncover"). INKISHAF is used, for example, in the context of bodily exposure. By extension, it is used in in military contexts, as when a fighting uint is exposed to the enemy, and in financial contexts, as when a company is "exposed" due to book imbalance. It is also used in the context of secrets being disclosed.
The noun KASHF is used (in addition to the obvious sense of removing cover) in the sense of (1) medical examination, (2) financial report or statement (as in a monthly bank statement), and (3) the lifting of a cause for distress (the clouds of gloom being scattered by the grace of Providence).
The verb IKTASHAFA is used for another sense of "removing cover," namely "to discover."
Scouts are called KASH-SHAFA, apparently because they go on excursions of discovery.
The noun KASHF is used (in addition to the obvious sense of removing cover) in the sense of (1) medical examination, (2) financial report or statement (as in a monthly bank statement), and (3) the lifting of a cause for distress (the clouds of gloom being scattered by the grace of Providence).
The verb IKTASHAFA is used for another sense of "removing cover," namely "to discover."
Scouts are called KASH-SHAFA, apparently because they go on excursions of discovery.
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Stephen Franke
: Tamaam wa nuS. "Discovery" (akin to 'finding' or 'revealing') seems closest in this context.
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