هنوز

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Persian

Etymology

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Particularly: “The form looks like it could be related to همچنان (hamčenân) - or not.”

Compare Zazaki hona (still, yet).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? hanōz
Dari reading? hanōz
Iranian reading? hanuz
Tajik reading? hanüz

Adverb

هنوز (hanuz)

Dari هنوز
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳанӯз
  1. still, yet
    Synonym: همچنان (hamčenân)
    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 [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], 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.
  2. (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

  • Ottoman Turkish: هنوز