هرگز

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭪𐭫𐭰 (hagriz, “ever, never”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎣𐎼𐎶𐎨𐎡𐎹 (hakara-mciy, “once”), from earlier [script needed] (*ha-k(a)r), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-kr̥t (“one time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hæɾˈɡʲez]

Adverb

Dari	هرگز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳаргиз

1. never

   او هرگز سفر نکرده است.

   He has never travelled.

2. ever

   آیا هرگز پاریس رفته‌اید؟

   Have you ever gone to Paris?

3. perpetually (with negative meaning)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “هرگز+hargiz”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul