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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (ʾhnwc /ahanūz/).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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hanūz
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| Dari reading?
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hanūz
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| Iranian reading?
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hanuz
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| Tajik reading?
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hanüz
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Adverb
هنوز • (hanuz)
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هنوز
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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ҳанӯз
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- still, yet
- Synonyms: همچنان (hamčenân), کماکان (kamâkân)
- هنوز آماده نیستم. ― hanuz âmâde nistam. ― I'm not ready yet.
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, 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.
- (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