همچون

Persian

Etymology

Compound of (ham, “also, even”) +‎ (čun, “when, because, like”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ham.t͡ʃoːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.t͡ʃʰoːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.t͡ʃʰoːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.t͡ʃʰʊːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæm.t͡ʃʰuːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.t͡ʃʰɵn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hamčōn
Dari reading^?	hamčōn
Iranian reading^?	hamčun
Tajik reading^?	hamčün


Iranian Persian	همچون
Dari	همچون
Tajik	ҳамчўн

Preposition

همچون • (hamčun)

such, as
like
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 1209:
  هست قرآن مر تو را همچون عصا
  کفرها را در کشد چون اژدها
  hast qur'ān mar tū rā hamčōn 'asā
  kufr-hā rā dar kašad čōn aždhā
  To thee the Qur’án is even as the rod (of Moses):
  it swallows up (all) infidelities, like a dragon.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “همچون”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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