همان

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian همان (hamân).

Adverb

هَمَانْ • (hemān)

1. at that moment
2. right now, quickly, immediately

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: həman, haman, həmən
• Gagauz: hemen, emen
• Ottoman Turkish: همان (heman, hemen)
  • Turkish: hemen, (dialectal, archaic) heman
  • → Armenian: հէմէն (hēmēn), համան (haman)

Further reading

• “heman”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 70

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish هَمَانْ (hemān), from Persian همان (hamân)

Adverb

همان • (heman, hemen)

1. immediately, right now

Descendants

• Turkish: hemen, (dialectal, archaic) heman
• → Armenian: հէմէն (hēmēn), համան (haman)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈha.mɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽ.mɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽ.mɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.muː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mu]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽ.mɒːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽ.mɒːn]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [hǽ.muːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽ.mɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	hamān
Dari reading?	hamān
Iranian reading?	hamân
Tajik reading?	hamon

Etymology 1

From هم (ham, “also, too, similarly, same”) +‎ آن (ân, “that”).

Adjective

همان • (hamân)

1. that/those very
2. the same

Alternative forms

• همون (hamun) (dialectal, Tehrani)
• همو (hamu) (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan)

Related terms

• همین (hamin)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: һаман (haman, “still”)

Etymology 2

Shortening of همان دم (hamân dam, “simultaneously”), from همان (hamân, “that very, the same”) + دم (dam, “moment”).

Adjective

همان • (hamân)

1. simultaneously

Descendants

• → Old Anatolian Turkish: هَمَانْ (hemān)
  • Azerbaijani: həman, haman, həmən
  • Gagauz: hemen, emen
  • Ottoman Turkish: همان (heman, hemen)
    • Turkish: hemen, (dialectal, archaic) heman
    • → Armenian: հէմէն (hēmēn), համան (haman)