گاهی
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Persian گاه (gāh, “time”) + ـی (-ē, indefinite/bare definite marker).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡɑː.ˈheː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡ̥ɒː.ɦíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɔ.ɦé]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gāhē |
Dari reading? | gāhē |
Iranian reading? | gâhi |
Tajik reading? | gohe |
Adverb
[edit]Dari | گاهی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | гоҳе |
گاهی • (gâhi or gâhê)
- sometimes, occasionally
- Synonyms: گهگاه (gahgâh), گاهگاهی (gâhgâhi), بعضا (ba'zan), بعضی اوقات (ba'zi owqât)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1121:
- نیزه گردانی است ای نیزه که تو / راست میگردی گهی گاهی دو تو
- nēza gardānī ast ay nēza ki tū / rāst mē-gardī gahē gāhē dū-tō
- O lance, there is a Lancer, so that sometimes thou becomest straight, sometimes [bent] double.
Descendants
[edit]- → Urdu: گاہے (gāhe)