Glossary entry

Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:

یه جورایی

English translation:

Somehow

Added to glossary by SeiTT
Sep 14, 2011 10:05
12 yrs ago
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Persian (Farsi) term

یه جورایی

Non-PRO Persian (Farsi) to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Colloquial Dialogue
Hi,

On the subject of the mark '20' in Persian someone says:
. یه جورایی بیست همون A+ هست

I think the word order has changed owing to encoding problems and should be like this:
یه
جورایی
بیست
همون
A+
هست

However, my question is really about یه جورایی. I think that when someone is acting oddly you say e.g. مامان یه جورایی شده. Nevertheless, this seems very different from that particular usage.

Is it made up of 'jur' plus 'A' plus 'i'? Is the stress on the 'A'?

Best wishes,

Simon

Proposed translations

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Somehow

Peer comment(s):

agree Reza Ebrahimi
3 mins
.سپاسگزارم
agree Mahmoud Akbari
26 mins
.سپاسگزارم
agree Mahmood Haerian-Ardakani
3 hrs
.سپاسگزارم
agree Reza Rostamzadeh Khosroshahi
7 hrs
.سپاسگزارم
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Somehow

It is actually the shortened form of یه جورهایی.

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Note added at 4 mins (2011-09-14 10:09:37 GMT)
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The second usage you mentioned differs from the first one.
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5 mins

one way or another

I think this is much more near the source!
Peer comment(s):

agree Edward Plaisance Jr
10 hrs
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27 mins

sort of, one way or another - awkward(ly)

In the first usage, یه جورایی (which is the colloquial form of یک جورهایی) means sort of, or one way or another. In the second usage, it is describing a person's awkward action or appearance.
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2 hrs

there is something wrong with/about mommy!

I translate the second usage you mentioned. There's this movie "There's Something About Mary" which has been translated as: مری یه جوریه.
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2 days 9 hrs

in a way

Another option...just occurred to me.
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