لیکن

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”) (with the long vowel shifted by imāla). Compare Classical Persian ایمِنْ (ēmin) and بَلی (balē), from Arabic آمِنْ (ʔāmin) and بَلَى (balā).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? lēkin
Dari reading? lēkin
Iranian reading? likan, liken
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Conjunction

Dari اما, مگر
Iranian Persian ولی
Tajik аммо

لیکن • (likan)

  1. (Dari or dated) but, however
    Synonyms: مگر (magar), ولی (vali), اما (ammâ)
    • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎:
      عشق در عالم معنی ست نهالی شاداب
      خوش نهالی ست و لیکن ثمرش جز غم نیست
      ešq dar âlam ma'ni-st nahâli šâdâb
      xoš nahâli-st va likan samr-aš joz ğam nist
      The meaning of love in the world is a well-watered sapling;
      It is a pretty sapling, but its fruit is naught but grief.
  2. (Dari or dated) only
    Synonym: تنها (tanhâ)

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکن (lekin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).

Conjunction

لیکن • (lekin, lekan) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਕਿਨ)

  1. but
    Synonyms: مگر (magar), پر (par)
  2. however

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

لیکن • (lekin) (Hindi spelling लेकिन)

  1. but
  2. except

Synonyms

References

  • “لیکن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “لیکن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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