هر دو
هر دو (har do) means “both” in Persian. A pure-Persian compound of هر (every) and دو (two), it is the standard way to include two people or things without exception.
Glossary
هر کدام
هر کدام (har kodum) means “each one” or “each of them” in Persian. A pure-Persian compound, it picks out every individual in a group and is the everyday counterpart of the more formal هر یک.
هر کی
هر کی (har ki) means “whoever” or “anyone who” in colloquial Persian. It is the informal counterpart of the formal هر کس, and a key entry point into the هر plus pronoun pattern in Persian.
هر چی
هر چی (har chi) means “whatever” in colloquial Persian. It is the spoken counterpart of the formal هر چه (har che), and one of the clearest markers of informal versus formal Persian register.
هر وقت
هر وقت (har vaqt) means “whenever” or “every time that” in Persian. It pairs the native هر (every) with the Arabic-origin وقت (time), and is the standard temporal conjunction in everyday speech.
همینکه
همینکه (haminke) means “as soon as” or “the moment that” in Persian. A fused pure-Persian compound, it marks near-simultaneous events and is common in storytelling and everyday speech.
تا اینکه
تا اینکه (tâ inke) means “until” in Persian. A pure-Persian compound conjunction, it connects a main clause to the moment that ends or changes it, used across spoken and written registers.
مگر اینکه
مگر اینکه (magar inke) means “unless” in Persian. It introduces the one condition that would reverse the main clause, and is the standard form for expressing exceptions in both spoken and written Persian.
اگر
اگر (agar) means “if” in Persian. A pure Persian word from Middle Persian, it is the standard conditional conjunction across all registers, from casual texts to formal documents.
هم
هم (ham) is the everyday Persian word for “too” or “also.” One of the most common words in the language, it comes from Old Persian and can attach to nouns, pronouns, or stand alone to add or confirm a point.