گاهی

Persian

Etymology

From Classical Persian (gāh, “time”) +‎ (-ē, indefinite/bare definite marker).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡɑː.ˈheː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɑː.ɦéː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡɑː.jéː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡɔː.jéː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥ɒː.ɦíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɔ.ɦé]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gāhē
Dari reading^?	gāhē
Iranian reading^?	gâhi
Tajik reading^?	gohe

Audio (Iran) (file)

Adverb


Iranian Persian	گاهی
Dari	گاهی
Tajik	гоҳе

گاهی • (gâhi or gâhê)

sometimes, occasionally
Synonyms: هنگامی (hengâmi), زمانی (zamâni)
- 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
  neyze gardâni ast ey neyze ke to / râst mi-gardi gahi gâhi do to
  O lance, there is a Lancer, so that sometimes thou becomest straight, sometimes [bent] double.
- c. 1678, محمد مفید مستوفی [Mohammad Mofid Mostafi], جامع مفیدی [Jâme'-e mofidi]:
  گاهی قطره‌ای در کام تشنه لبان وادی نامرادی می‌چکد.
  gâhi qatre-ye dar kâm-e tešne-ye labân-e vâdi-ye nâ-morâdi mi-čakad.
  Occasionally, a drop trickles into the thirsty palate of the lips of the wadi of disappointment.

Descendants

→ Urdu: گاہے (gāhe)

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