حتی

See also: حتى, حبي, and جبي

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَتَّى (ḥattā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈhat.tɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔǽt̪t̪ʰɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔǽt̪t̪ʰɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽt̪.t̪ʰɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hattā
Dari reading^?	hattā
Iranian reading^?	hattâ
Tajik reading^?	hatto

Adverb


Iranian Persian	حتی
Dari	حتی
Tajik	ҳатто

حَتّی • (hattâ)

even (to such a degree)
(more literary)
maryam hattâ ketâb ham ne-mi-xânad.
Mary doesn't even read books.

(more colloquial)
maryam hattâ ketâb ham ne-mi-xune.
Mary doesn't even read books.
- 1985, قیصر امینپور [Qeysar Aminpour], “شعری برای جنگ”, in تنفس صبح:
  دیگر ستارگان را حتی هیچ اعتماد نیست. شاید ستاره‌ها شبگردهای دشمن ما باشند.
  digar setâregân-râ hattâ hič e'temâd nist. šâyad setâre-hâ šabgard-hâ-ye došman-e mâ bâšand.
  Even the stars are no longer reliable. Perhaps the stars are our enemy's night patrols.

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: hətta
→ Bashkir: хатта (xatta)
→ Kumyk: гьатта (hatta)
→ Ottoman Turkish: حتی
- Turkish: hatta
→ Uzbek: hatto

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