لیکن
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- لاکن (lâken)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [leː.ˈkin]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [liː.kʰʲǽn], [liː.kʰʲén]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | lēkin |
Dari reading? | lēkin |
Iranian reading? | likan, liken |
Conjunction
[edit]Dari | اما, مگر |
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Iranian Persian | ولی |
Tajik | аммо |
لیکن • (likan)
- (Dari or dated) but, however
- c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی[1]:
- 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.
- ešq dar âlam ma'ni-st nahâli šâdâb
- (Dari or dated) only
- Synonym: تنها (tanhâ)
Descendants
[edit]- Dari: لیکِن (lēkin)
- Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)
- Tajik: лекин (lekin)
- → Azerbaijani: lakin
- → Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)
- → Chagatai:
- → Hindustani:
- → Kurdish:
- → Punjabi:
Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکن (lekin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).
Conjunction
[edit]لیکن • (lekin, lekan) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਕਿਨ)
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /leː.kɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɪn
Conjunction
[edit]لیکن • (lekin) (Hindi spelling लेकिन)
Synonyms
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- Rhymes:Urdu/ɪn
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