Talk:Haft-sin

a passerby's observations

Rather than "the seven seen's", it might be clearer to translate it as "seven Ss" or "esses".

The first list is numbered; is the sequence meaningful? If so, why is the second list ordered differently? Could the two lists be combined in a table? —Tamfang (talk) 17:22, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

What does "end of astral year-picas" mean?

I looked it up and the only references I can find just refer to this page. What is it? -AW (talk) 13:18, 21 March 2017 (UTC) AW (talk) 13:18, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Significance of Seven?

I can't help but notice that the number seven seems to correspond to the Amesha Spenta, or "divine sparks" of Zoroastrianism. There are six entities which, combined with Ahura Mazda, preside over the seven domains of creation - fire, water, earth, sky, plants, animals, and humanity. Is there a possible link? Of course, the seven also lines up with the days of the week and the number of heavenly bodies in traditional cosmology.

Also, I live and work in Xinjiang, China, and I'd also like to add that the cultures here that observe Nowruz (Kazakhs, Uyghurs, Kyrgyz, and Tajiks) do so with a special porridge called "Nowruz kozhe," which should ideally be made with at least seven ingredients. This porridge is also part of the celebration in Kazakhstan, but I'm not sure how far it extends into the rest of Central Asia. I've been told by local Kazakhs that seven is a particularly lucky number in their culture. Speaking of the Kazakh recipe for the porridge, it contains yogurt or qurut (dried yogurt-cheese), along with chopped meat (mutton, beef, or horse), various grains (barley, rice, etc), salt, perhaps dried fruit and nuts (raisins, dried apricot, walnuts), and often enough, noodles. The Uyghur and Tajik variations often forgo the dairy products and might incorporate vegetables into the mix. This custom must have some relation to the Haft-Seen tradition. --124.119.150.49 (talk) 13:04, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

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Should the article title be changed to "Haft-seen"?

Should the article be retitled "Haft-seen"? There have been a number of edits to change "Haft-sin" to "Haft-seen", for good reasons (-seen better reflects the pronunciation, -sin has negative semantic connotations in English). If haft-sin is a common term in written English, it could be retained as a redirect to Haft-seen. _signed, Willondon (talk) 17:12, 28 March 2022 (UTC)