Breakdown of شیشه در کوره مثل خمیر میشود؛ به عبارت دیگر، حالت شکلپذیر پیدا میکند.
درdar
in
پیدا کردنpeydâ kardan
to find / to get / to develop (a condition)
شدنshodan
to become
مثلmesl
Questions & Answers about شیشه در کوره مثل خمیر میشود؛ به عبارت دیگر، حالت شکلپذیر پیدا میکند.
How exactly is به عبارت دیگر (be ebârat-e digar) used here, and could I use به بیان دیگر (be bayân-e digar) instead?
به عبارت دیگر translates literally to "to another phrase" and is used exactly like "in other words" in English to clarify or rephrase a preceding statement. You can absolutely use به بیان دیگر (literally "to another expression/statement") interchangeably here. Both are excellent B2-level discourse markers that are very natural in explanatory speech or writing.
The word for "malleable" is شکلپذیر (shekl-pazir). How is this compound adjective constructed?
It is made of شکل (shekl), meaning "shape" or "form", and the suffix پذیر (-pazir), which comes from the verb پذیرفتن (paziroftan - to accept). So, شکلپذیر literally means "shape-accepting". You will see پذیر added to many nouns in Farsi to mean "-able" or "receptive to", such as امکانپذیر (emkân-pazir) for "possible" or "feasible".
Why does the second clause use پیدا میکند (peydâ mikonad - finds) instead of just saying it becomes malleable?
In Farsi, the phrase حالت ... پیدا کردن (hâlat-e [something] peydâ kardan) is a highly natural collocation meaning to "take on a state" or "acquire a condition." While you could simply say شکلپذیر میشود (becomes malleable), using حالت شکلپذیر پیدا میکند (literally "finds a malleable state") emphasizes the physical transformation the glass undergoes in the furnace.
Does خمیر (khamir) strictly mean "dough" in this context?