همچو
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apocope of همچون (hamčo, “such, like”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ham.t͡ʃu]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæm.t͡ʃʰo]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [häm.t͡ʃʰu]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | hamču |
Dari reading? | hamču |
Iranian reading? | hamčo |
Tajik reading? | hamču |
Dari | همچو |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ҳамчу |
Preposition
[edit]همچو • (hamčo)
- such, as
- like
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 92:
- کی ببینم روی خود را ای عجب
تا چه رنگم همچو روزم یا چو شب- kay bi-bīnam rōy-i xwad rā ay 'ajab
tā či rang-am hamču rōz-am yā šab - How, I wonder, shall I behold my own face,
so as to see what complexion I have and whether I am like day or like night?
- kay bi-bīnam rōy-i xwad rā ay 'ajab
References
[edit]- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “همچو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim