هنوز

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hanoːz/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /hanoːz/

 

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /hænuːz/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /hænuːz/
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): /hænuː/, /hænuːz/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /hanɵz/

Adverb

هنوز • (hanuz)

Dari	هنوز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳанӯз (hanüz)

1. still, yet

   ‏هنوز آماده نیستم.‎‎ ― hanuz âmâde nistam. ― I'm not ready yet.

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1068:

     ‏تو هنوز از خارج آن را طالبی، محلبی از دیگران چون حالبی؟‎‎

     to hanuz az xarej ân-râ tâleb-i, mahlabi az digarân čon hâleb-i?

     You are still seeking it from outside; you are a source of milk: how are you a milker of others?

   • c. 1300, Amir Khusrau, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     ‏تن پیر گشت و آرزوی دل جوان هنوز.‎‎

     tan pir gašt-o ârzu-ye del javân hanuz.

     The body grew old, but the desire of the heart is still young.

   Synonym: همچنان‎ (hamčenân)

2. (with certain negated verbs in the pluperfect) scarcely, by a small margin

   ‏دختر هنوز چشم‌هایش را نبسته بود که تلفن زنگ زد.‎‎

   doxtar hanuz češm-hâ-yeš-râ na-baste bud ke telefon zang zad.

   The girl had scarcely closed her eyes when the phone rang.

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: هنوز‎
  • Turkish: henüz