هیچ‌وقت

Persian

Alternative forms

هیچوقت (hičvaqt)

Etymology

(hič, “any; no”) +‎ (vaqt, “time”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [heːt͡ʃ.waqt]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [heːt͡ʃ.wäqt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeːt͡ʃ.wäqt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeːt͡ʃ.wäqt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hiːt͡ʃ.væxt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [het͡ʃ.väqt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hēč-waqt
Dari reading^?	hēč-waqt
Iranian reading^?	hič-vağt
Tajik reading^?	heč-vaqt

Adverb

هیچ‌وقت • (hič-vaqt)

(in positive constructions) ever
(more literary)
dust-at hič-vaqt sobhâne mi-xorad?

(more colloquial)
dust-et hič-vax sobhâne mi-xore?
Does your friend ever have breakfast?
(in negative constructions) ever; never
(more literary)
u hič-vaqt sobhâne ne-mi-xorad.

(more colloquial)
u hič-vax sobhâne ne-mi-xore.
She never has breakfast/doesn't ever have breakfast.

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