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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (cygwn' /čiyōn/, “as, like, how, when”), from Proto-Iranian *či-gauna- (“shape, figure”), from *či- (“what”) + *gauna- (“color, type”). Synchronically analyzable as چه (če, “what”) + گون (gun, “color, type”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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čūn
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| Dari reading?
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čūn
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| Iranian reading?
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čon, čun
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| Tajik reading?
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čun
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- In Iran, is mainly reserved for literary contexts except in the idiom چون و چرا (čun o čerâ).
Conjunction
چون • (čun)
- because, since
- Synonyms: چونکه (čunke), زیرا (zirâ)
چون هوا خیلی سرد بود نیامدند.- čun havâ xeyli sard bud nay-âmadand.
- They did not come since it was very cold.
- when
- Synonyms: وقتی (vaqti), وقتی که (vaqti ke)
c. 1080, Kaykāwūs, Qābūs-nāma:چون بزه خواهی کرد باری بزه بی‌مزه مکن ، شراب که خوری خوشتر خور و سماع که شنوی خوشتر شنو.- čūn baza xwāhī kard bārē baza-yi bē-maza makun, šarāb ki xwarī xwaštar xwar u samā' ki šinawī xwaštar šinaw.
- When you want to commit sin for a time, do not commit tasteless sin. When you drink wine, drink from the best! And when you listen to music, listen to the best!
- (poetic or archaic) how
- Synonyms: چطور (četowr), چگونه (čegune)
- چونی؟ ― čun-i? ― How are you?
c. 1580, Vahshī Bāfqī, “شرح پریشانی”, in گزیده اشعار [Selected Poems]:تو مپندار که مِهر از دلِ محزون نرود
آتشِ عشق به جان افتد و بیرون نرود
وین محبّت به صد افسانه و افسون نرود
چه گمان غلط است این، برود، چون نرود؟- tū ma-pindār ki mihr az dil-i mahzūn na-rawad
ātaš-i išq ba jān uftad u bērūn na-rawad
w-īn muhabbat ba sad afsāna u afsūn na-rawad
či gamān-i ğalat ast īn, bi-rawad, čūn na-rawad? - Don't think that affection can't leave a forlorn heart,
That the fire of love falls on the soul and never leaves,
That this love won't leave after a hundred fables and empty spells:
What a mistake of a thought! leaves, how could it not?
Preposition
چون • (čun)
- (poetic or archaic) like
- Synonyms: همچون (hamčon), مثل (mesl-e), مانند (mânand-e), همانند (hamânand-e), نظیر (nazir-e)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “čiyōn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 23
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 201
Anagrams
Urdu
Numeral
چون • (cauvan, cavvan) (Hindi spelling चौवन or चव्वन)
- fifty-four