حتی
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ˈhat.tɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɔ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | hattā |
Dari reading? | hattā |
Iranian reading? | hattâ |
Tajik reading? | hatto |
Adverb
editDari | حتی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ҳатто |
حَتّی • (hattâ)
- even (to such a degree)
- مریم حتی کتاب هم نمیخواند. (more literary)
- maryam hattâ ketâb ham ne-mi-xânad.
- Mary doesn't even read books.
- مریم حتی کتاب هم نمیخونه. (more colloquial)
- maryam hattâ ketâb ham ne-mi-xune.
- Mary doesn't even read books.
- 1985, قیصر امینپور [Qeysar Aminpour], “شعری برای جنگ”, in تنفس صبح:
- دیگر ستارگان را حتی هیچ اعتماد نیست. شاید ستارهها شبگردهای دشمن ما باشند.
- digar setâregân-râ hattâ hič e'temâd nist. šâyad setâre-hâ šabgard-hâ-ye došman-e mâ bâšand.
- Even the stars are no longer reliable. Perhaps the stars are our enemy's night patrols.