همکاری

Persian

Etymology

همکار (hamkâr) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ham.kɑː.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.kʰɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.kʰɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.kʰɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.kʰɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæm.kʰɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.kʰɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	hamkārī
Dari reading?	hamkārī
Iranian reading?	hamkâri
Tajik reading?	hamkori

Noun

همکاری • (hamkâri)

1. cooperation, collaboration

   Synonyms: اشتراک (ešterâk), معاضدت (mo'âzadat)

   • c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, کشکول‎^[1]:

     حکیمان گفته‌اند، عبادت خداوندی سه گونه است […] سه - آن چه جهت زندگانی مشترک در جامعه واجب آمده است چون معاملات، کشاورزی، ازدواج، باز پس دادن امانات، و اندرز دادن بیکدیگر و انواع همکاری‌ها و ستیز با دشمن و دفاع از حریم و حمایت از نواحی.

     hakīmān gufta'and, ibādat-i xudāwandī si gōna ast […] si - ān či jihat-i zindagānī muštarik dar jāmi'a wājib āmada ast čūn mu'āmalāt, kišāvarzī, izdiwāj, bāz pas dādan-i amānāt, u andarz dādan ba yak-dīgar u anwā'-i hamkārī-hā u sitēz bā dušman u difā' az harīm u himāyat az nawāhī.

     The wise have said that divine worship is of three kinds […] Third, that which is necessary to carry out together in groups for the sake of livelihood, like commercial transactions, agriculture, marriage, the returning of deposits, giving advice to one another, and the [other] kinds of cooperation, and fighting with enemies, defending the inviolable, and supporting one's neighborhood.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “همکاری”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press