何たるか (what something truly is)

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The literary noun phrase 何たるか, formed from 何 ('what') + classical たる (= current である) + か (embedded question). Means 'what [X] is, the essence of [X],' as in 教育の何たるかを理解する ('grasp what education truly is'). Belongs to formal/written register.

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