گاهی

Persian

Etymology

From Classical Persian گاه (gāh, “time”) +‎ ـی (-ē, indefinite/bare definite marker).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡɑː.ˈheː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɑː.ɦéː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɑː.ɦéː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡɑː.jéː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡɔː.jéː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥ɒː.ɦíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɔ.ɦé]

Readings
Classical reading?	gāhē
Dari reading?	gāhē
Iranian reading?	gâhi
Tajik reading?	gohe

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Adverb

Dari	گاهی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гоҳе

گاهی • (gâhi or gâhê)

1. sometimes, occasionally

   Synonyms: هنگامی (hengâmi), زمانی (zamâni)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1121:

     نیزه گردانی است ای نیزه که تو / راست می‌گردی گهی گاهی دو تو

     neyze gardâni ast ey neyze ke to / râst mi-gardi gahi gâhi do to

     O lance, there is a Lancer, so that sometimes thou becomest straight, sometimes [bent] double.

   • c. 1678, محمد مفید مستوفی [Mohammad Mofid Mostafi], جامع مفیدی [Jâme'-e mofidi]:

     گاهی قطره‌ای در کام تشنه لبان وادی نامرادی می‌چکد.

     gâhi qatre-ye dar kâm-e tešne-ye labân-e vâdi-ye nâ-morâdi mi-čakad.

     Occasionally, a drop trickles into the thirsty palate of the lips of the wadi of disappointment.

Descendants

• → Urdu: گاہے (gāhe)