گاهی

Persian

Etymology

‎ (gâh, “time”) +‎ ‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈheː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈheː/
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈeː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡɒːˈhiː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈhe/

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Adverb

Iranian Persian	گاهی
Dari	گاهی
Tajik	гоҳе (gohe)

گاهی or گاهی • (gâhi or gâhê)

sometimes, occasionally
Synonyms: هنگامی‎ (hengâmi), زمانی‎ (zamâni)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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.

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