چون

From Middle Persian [script needed] (cygwn' /čiyōn/, “as, like, how, when”).

چون • (čôn)

1. because, since

   ‏چون هوا خیلی سرد بود نیامدند.‎‎

   čun havâ xeyli sard bud nay-âmadand.

   They did not come since it was very cold.

   Synonyms: چونکه‎ (čunke, čonke), زیرا‎ (zirâ)

2. when

   Synonyms: وقتی‎ (vaqti), وقتی که‎ (vaqti ke)

   • c. 1080, Keikavus, the Qâbus-nâme:

     ‏چون بزه خواهی کرد باری بزه بی‌مزه مکن ، شراب که خوری خوشتر خور و سماع که شنوی خوشتر شنو.‎‎

     čun bazah xâhi kard bâr-i bazah-e bimaze ma-kon, šarâb ke xori xoš-tar xor va samâ' ke šenovi xoš-tar šenow.

     When you want to commit sin, do not commit tasteless sin; when you drink of wine, drink from the best, and when you listen to music, listen to the best.

چون • (čôn)

1. (poetic) like

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “čiyōn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 23.

• نوچ‎

چون • (cauvan, cavvan) (Hindi spelling चौवन or चव्वन‎)

1. fifty-four