چون

See also: جون, جوں, and خون

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian cygwn' (čiyōn, “as, like, how, when”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃuːn/, /tʃon/

Conjunction

1. because
2. since

Synonyms

• چونکه (čunke)

Preposition

1. (poetic) like

Synonyms

• چو (čo)
• همچون (hamčon)
• مثل (mesl)
• مانند (mânand)
• همانند (hamânand)
• نظیر (nazir)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “čiyōn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 23.

Anagrams

• نوچ

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Urdu

Numeral

چون • (cauvan, cavvan) (Hindi spelling चौवन or चव्वन)

1. fifty-four