سربسته

English translation: Secret, unclear

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:	سربسته
English translation:	Secret, unclear
Entered by:	Reza Mohammadnia

15:19 Nov 22, 2008

Persian (Farsi) to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: سربسته

Hi,

Believe it or not, this word has been borrowed into Turkish as “serbest” to mean “free”. How this happened I do not understand as according to my Persian dictionary it means something like “secret, hidden”.

But what I was really wondering is this: could it not also mean “having her head covered (according to Islamic dress)”, being used of a woman?

Many thanks,

Simon

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Local time: 02:42

No, it is different

Explanation:
مسائل سربسته: secret (unclear) issues,
توضیحات سربسته ای راجع به موضوع به من داد: He didn`t explained the whole story to me.
For the woman covering her hair under a scarf: با حجاب، پوشیده (ba hijaab, pooshide)

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Reza Mohammadnia
Türkiye
Local time: 04:42

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many thanks excellent
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Summary of answers provided

5 +7

No, it is different

Reza Mohammadnia

5 +1

too general, not compeletly explianed

Alireza Amini

implicit, implied

Farzad Akmali

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15 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

too general, not compeletly explianed

Explanation:
that is a kind of idiamatic expresion and in this sense has
nothing to do with covering one's head, if you want to translate word by word then سر means head and بسته means fastend, closed, coverd, tied...

Alireza Amini
Türkiye
Local time: 04:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4

21 hrs confidence:

implicit, implied

Explanation:
for women: veiled

but for statements, meanings and etc. implicit or implied is used concerning secrets , you may use "covert. hidden"

Farzad Akmali
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 85

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

No, it is different

Reza Mohammadnia
Türkiye
Local time: 04:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi),

Kurdish
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

many thanks excellent

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