حتی

See also: حتى, حبي, and جبي

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈhat.tɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔǽt̪t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔǽt̪t̪ʰɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hattā
Dari reading?	hattā
Iranian reading?	hattâ
Tajik reading?	hatto

Adverb

Dari	حتی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳатто

حَتّی • (hattâ)

1. 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.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hətta
• → Bashkir: хатта (xatta)
• → Kumyk: гьатта (hatta)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حتی
  • Turkish: hatta
• → Uzbek: hatto