حتی

See also: حتى‎, حبي‎, and جبي‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَتَّى‎ (ḥattā).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈhattɑː/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ˈhattɔ/

Adverb

Iranian Persian	حتی
Dari	حتی
Tajik	ҳатто (hatto)

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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