چونکه

Persian

Etymology

From چون (čūn / čun) + که (ki / ke).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuːn.ˈki/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuːŋ.kʰɪ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuːŋ.kʰɪ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuŋ.kʰi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuːɲ.kʰʲe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuŋ.kʰi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čūnki
Dari reading^?	čūnki
Iranian reading^?	čunke
Tajik reading^?	čunki

Conjunction

چونکه • (čūnki / čunke, čonke) (Tajik spelling чунки)

because, since
Synonym: زیرا (zērā / zirâ)

Descendants

→ Bashkir: сөнки (sönki)
→ Chagatai: چونکه (čwnkh /⁠čünki⁠/)
- Uyghur: چۈنكى (chünki)
- Uzbek: chunki
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: चूँकि (cū̃ki)

Urdu: چُونْکِہ (cūnki)
→ Old Anatolian Turkish: چونكه (çünki)
- Azerbaijani: çünki
- Ottoman Turkish: چونكه (çünkü)
  - Turkish: çünkü
  - → Armenian: չյունքի (čʻyunkʻi), չունքի (čʻunkʻi)
  - → Crimean Tatar: çünki
  - → Macedonian: чунки (čunki)
→ Tatar: чөнки (çönki)
→ Turkmen: çünki

Further reading

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