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tarh

Tarh is a Persian noun (written as طرح) that broadly means design, plan, layout, or scheme. It is used to refer to both the concept of planning and the tangible result of planning, such as a drawing, sketch, or formal proposal. The related verb tarh kardan means to design or to draft. In Persian-language discourse, tarh appears in contexts ranging from architecture and urban planning to product design and graphic design, as well as in literary or theoretical discussions where a conceptual framework or proposed approach is described.

Etymology and usage notes: Tarh is borrowed from the Arabic root tarḥ, which conveys laying out, presenting,

Contexts: In architecture and urban planning, tarh denotes formal plans, drawings, and proposals that guide construction

See also: طرح, the Persian term itself; tarḥ in Arabic contexts; discussions of design in Persian-language sources.

or
proposing.
In
Persian,
the
word
carries
a
neutral,
technical,
or
formal
tone,
and
is
common
in
professional
and
academic
writing.
It
can
refer
to
a
specific
plan
(for
example,
a
city
master
plan
or
a
architectural
tarh)
as
well
as
to
the
general
act
of
designing.
or
development.
In
design
disciplines,
it
refers
to
the
process
of
creating
a
design
or
the
design
itself,
such
as
product
tarh
or
graphic
tarh.
In
literature,
philosophy,
and
social
sciences,
tarh
can
describe
a
theoretical
framework
or
a
proposed
approach
to
a
problem.