لیکن

Persian

Alternative forms

لاکن (lâken)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”) (with the long vowel shifted by imāla).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [leː.ˈkin]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [leː.kʰɪ́n]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [leː.kʰɪ́n]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [li.kʰín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [liː.kʰʲǽn], [liː.kʰʲén]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lēkin
Dari reading^?	lēkin
Iranian reading^?	likan, liken

Audio (Iran) (file)

Conjunction


Dari	اما, مگر
Iranian Persian	ولی
Tajik	аммо

لیکن • (likan)

(Dari or dated) but, however
Synonyms: مگر (magar), ولی (vali), اما (ammâ)
- c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎:
  عشق در عالم معنی ست نهالی شاداب
  خوش نهالی ست و لیکن ثمرش جز غم نیست
  ešq dar âlam ma'ni-st nahâli šâdâb
  xoš nahâli-st va likan samr-aš joz ğam nist
  The meaning of love in the world is a well-watered sapling;
  It is a pretty sapling, but its fruit is naught but grief.
(Dari or dated) only
Synonym: تنها (tanhâ)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (lekin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).

Conjunction

لیکن • (lekin, lekan) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਕਿਨ)

but
Synonyms: مگر (magar), پر (par)
however

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (lekin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /leː.kɪn/
Rhymes: -ɪn

Conjunction

لیکن • (lekin) (Hindi spelling लेकिन)

but
except

Synonyms

مگر (magar)
پر (par)

References

“لیکن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“لیکن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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