حالی
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [hɑː.liː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hɒː.liː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hɔ.li]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | hālī |
Dari reading? | hālī |
Iranian reading? | hâli |
Tajik reading? | holi |
Adjective edit
حالی • (hâli)
Etymology 2 edit
From حال (hâl, “state; condition; present state”) + ـی (-i, “indefinite suffix”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [hɑː.leː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hɒː.liː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hɔ.le]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | hālē |
Dari reading? | hālē |
Iranian reading? | hâli |
Tajik reading? | hole |
Adverb edit
حالی • (hâli)
- (literary or Dari) now; in this moment
- Synonym: حالا (hâlâ)
- c. 1100, Omar Khayyam, “Poem 2”, in Rubāʿiyāt:
- چون عُهْدَه نَمیشَوَد کَسی فَرْدَا رَا
حَالی خْوَش دَار اِین دِلِ پُرْسَوْدَا رَا- čōn 'uhda namē-šawad kasē fardā rā
hālē xwaš dār īn dil-i pursawdā rā - Since nobody can guarantee the day to come, make this bileful heart happy in this moment.
- čōn 'uhda namē-šawad kasē fardā rā
Descendants edit
Southwestern Fars edit
Adverb edit
حالی (hâli)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv) now