هنوز

Persian edit

Etymology edit

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Compare Zazaki hona (“still, yet”).

Pronunciation edit

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.noːz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.noːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.noːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.nʊːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.nuːz]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [hæ.nuː], [hæ.nuːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.nɵz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hanōz
Dari reading^?	hanōz
Iranian reading^?	hanuz
Tajik reading^?	hanüz

Adverb edit

هنوز • (hanuz)


Iranian Persian	هنوز
Dari	هنوز
Tajik	ҳанӯз

still, yet
Synonym: همچنان (hamčenân)

― hanuz âmâde nistam. ― I'm not ready yet.
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1068:
  تو هنوز از خارج آن را طالبی، محلبی از دیگران چون حالبی؟
  to hanuz az xarej ân-râ tâleb-i, mahlabi az digarân čon hâleb-i?
  You are still seeking it from outside; you are a source of milk: how are you a milker of others?
- c. 1300, Amir Khusrau, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  تن پیر گشت و آرزوی دل جوان هنوز.
  tan pir gašt-o ârzu-ye del javân hanuz.
  The body grew old, but the desire of the heart is still young.
(with certain negated verbs in the pluperfect) scarcely, by a small margin
doxtar hanuz češm-hâ-yeš-râ na-baste bud ke telefon zang zad.
The girl had scarcely closed her eyes when the phone rang.

Descendants edit

→ Ottoman Turkish: هنوز
- Turkish: henüz