Breakdown of ذهن تهی از افکار هیچ بد نیست.
بودنbudan
to be
ازaz
from
بدbad
bad
هیچhich
none, (not) any
ذهنzehn
mind
افکارafkâr
thoughts
تهیtohi
devoid / empty (formal/abstract)
Questions & Answers about ذهن تهی از افکار هیچ بد نیست.
In this sentence, hich isn't attached to a noun. How is it functioning here?
In earlier lessons, you saw hich modifying nouns. Here, it acts as an adverb placed independently before the predicate adjective bad. When paired with the negative verb nist, this structure translates to "not at all," making the phrase mean "is not bad at all."
Why do we use the preposition az after tohi instead of just using an ezafe?
The adjective tohi means "empty" or "devoid." In Farsi, this specific adjective requires the preposition az (from/of) to introduce the thing that is missing. You cannot use an ezafe here because the relationship is "empty from thoughts," which perfectly mirrors the English phrase "devoid of."
The word for "thoughts" is afkâr. Is this related to the word fekr?
Yes, afkâr is the Arabic broken plural of fekr (thought). While you can add the standard Persian plural suffix to make fekrhâ in casual conversation, afkâr is very common and sounds slightly more elevated or literary, matching the poetic tone of tohi.
Is there a hidden ezafe between zehn and tohi?
Yes, the phrase is pronounced zehn-e tohi az afkâr. The ezafe on zehn (mind) links the noun to the entire adjectival phrase tohi az afkâr (devoid of thoughts) that describes it.
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