همه

See also: همة

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hmʾk' (hamāg, “all”), from Proto-Iranian *hama-ka-, from Proto-Iranian *ham- (“together”). Akin to Old Armenian համակ (hamak), an Iranian borrowing. Compare Central Kurdish ھەموو (hemû) and Northern Kurdish hemû, hemî.

Pronunciation

• (pronoun)
• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.mé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hama
Dari reading?	hama
Iranian reading?	hame
Tajik reading?	hama

• (adjective)
• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ha.ˈma.ji]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mǽ.jɪ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mǽ.jɪ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽ.jɪ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mǽ.ji]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæ.ˈme.je]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hä.mǽ.ji]

Readings
Classical reading?	hama-yi
Dari reading?	hama-yi
Iranian reading?	hame-ye
Tajik reading?	hama-yi

• Rhymes: -e (Iran), -a (other dialects)

Pronoun

همه • (hame)

1. all
2. everyone

Adjective

همهٔ • (hame-ye)

1. all, every

   همهٔ ما خیلی خوشحالیم.

   hame-ye mâ xeyli xošhâlim.

   All of us are very happy.

   همهٔ این کتابا رو خونده‌ام. (more colloquial)

   hame-ye in ketâb-â-ro xundam.

   I've read all of these books.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, “Surah Luqman, 31:27”, in Translation of the Qur'an:

     و اگر همه درختان روی زمین قلم شود

     va agar hame-ye deraxtân-e ru-ye zamin qalam šavad

     and if all the trees on the earth were to become pens

Derived terms

• همه‌اش (hama-š)
• همگان (hamegân)
• همگی (hamegi)
• با این همه (bâ in hame)
• همه‌خدایی (hame-xodâyi)
• همه‌پرسی (hame-porsi)

Descendants

• → Salar: hemme
• → Uzbek: hamma
• → Uyghur: ھەممە (hemme)

See also

• هر کس (har kas), هر کسی (har kasi)

South Levantine Arabic

Pronoun

همه • (humme) pl

1. Alternative spelling of هم