tasviri

Tasviri is a cross-linguistic term used in Persian, Turkish, Urdu, and related languages to indicate something that is visual, pictorial, or depicting imagery. The root tasvir, meaning image or depiction, gives rise to the adjective tasviri, roughly translating to pictorial or visual in English. In scholarly and artistic contexts, tasviri is commonly employed to describe aspects of representation, imagery, or the visual arts.

Etymologically, tasviri derives from tasvir (image/depiction) and is found in scripts and forms such as تصویری in Persian and related cognates in regional languages. It is often used in compounds that designate visual or depictive domains, and it can function as a descriptive modifier for nouns relating to art, imagery, or representation.

In practice, tasviri appears in discussions of the visual arts and related fields. It may describe techniques, media, or styles that are concerned with depiction, as opposed to other senses such as the aural or tactile. In literary and philosophical contexts, the term can be used to distinguish visual representation from verbal or narrative expression, highlighting the role of imagery in communication and interpretation.

See also: image, depiction, representation, visual arts, pictorial. While usage varies by language and tradition, tasviri generally signals a focus on how things are shown, pictured, or visually conveyed rather than on textual or mathematical description.