همچون

Persian

Etymology

Compound of هم (ham, “also, even”) +‎ چون (čun, “when, because, like”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ham.t͡ʃuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.t͡ʃʰuːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.t͡ʃʰuːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.t͡ʃʰuːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.t͡ʃʰun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæm.t͡ʃʰuːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.t͡ʃʰun]

Readings
Classical reading?	hamčūn
Dari reading?	hamčūn
Iranian reading?	hamčun
Tajik reading?	hamčun

Dari	همچون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳамчун

Preposition

همچون • (hamčun)

1. such, as
2. like
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume III, verse 1209:

     هست قرآن مر تو را همچون عصا
     کفرها را در کشد چون اژدها

     hast qur'ān mar tū rā hamčūn 'asā
     kufr-hā rā dar kašad čūn aždahā

     To thee the Qur’án is even as the rod (of Moses):
     it swallows up (all) infidelities, like a dragon.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “همچون”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim