هنوز
Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾhnwc /ahanūz/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ha.nuːz]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hä.nɵz]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hanūz |
| Dari reading? | hanūz |
| Iranian reading? | hanuz |
| Tajik reading? | hanüz |
Adverb
[edit]هنوز • (hanuz)
| Dari | هنوز |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҳанӯз |
- 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 [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.
- (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.