همواره

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (h(')mw'l(-k') /⁠hāmwār(ag)⁠/, “always”)^[1]. By surface analysis, (ham) +‎ (-vâre).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ham.waː.ˈra/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.wɑː.ɾá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.wɑː.ɾá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.wɔː.ɾá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæɱ.vɒː.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häɱ.vɔ.ɾá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hamwāra
Dari reading^?	hamwāra
Iranian reading^?	hamvâre
Tajik reading^?	hamvora

Adverb

همواره • (hamvâre)

always; constantly
Synonyms: پیوسته (peyvaste), همیشه (hamiše)
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Anōshērwān”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:
  تو از آز باشی همیشه به رنج
  که همواره سیری نیابی ز گنج
  tu az āz bāšī hamēša ba ranj
  ki hamwāra sērī na-yābī zi ganj
  You shall always be in torment from greed,
  You shall never find satisfaction from treasure.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “hāmwārag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 41

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “همواره”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim