اینطور

What it means

اینطور (intur) is a demonstrative adverb built from این (in, this) and طور (tur, way, manner, from Arabic طَوْر). Together they mean in this way or like this. It functions as the neutral-register counterpart of the colloquial اینجور (injur). The phrase اینطور که (intur ke) introduces an inference or hearsay: اینطور که معلومه (intur ke ma’lume, apparently, from the looks of it). The negation اینطور نیست (intur nist) is a common way to deny or correct a claim: it’s not like that.

How to use it

• اینطور بهتره (intur behtare) “This way is better.”
• اینطور که می‌گن، برگشته (intur ke migane, bargashte) “Apparently, he has returned.”
• اینطور نیست که فکر می‌کنی (intur nist ke fekr mikoni) “It’s not the way you think.”
• چرا اینطور نگاهم می‌کنی؟ (cherâ intur negâham mikoni?) “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Cultural note

اینطور and its pair اینجور illustrate the diglossic texture of Persian: educated speakers reaching for the slightly more formal register in speech or in writing will default to اینطور, while in quick casual conversation اینجور comes out naturally. Neither is wrong; the choice signals the speaker’s calibration of the moment’s formality. The phrase اینطور که معلومه is particularly common in gossip and news contexts, where the speaker wants to convey information without fully vouching for it.

References

• Dehkhoda
• Vajehyab