هرچه

Persian

Etymology

هر (har) +‎ چه (če).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈhaɾ.t͡ʃi]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽɾ.t͡ʃʰɪ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽɾ.t͡ʃʰɪ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔǽɾt͡ʃʰɪ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔǽɾt͡ʃʰi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽɹ.t͡ʃʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽɾ.t͡ʃʰi]

Readings
Classical reading?	harči
Dari reading?	harči
Iranian reading?	harče
Tajik reading?	harči

Adverb

Dari	هرچه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳар чӣ

هَرچه • (harče)

1. (with subjunctive) whatever
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3410:

     هرچه آوردی تلف کردیش زن
     مرد مضطر بود اندر تن زدن

     harče âvardi talaf kardiš zan
     mard moztarr bud andar tan zadan.

     Whatever [food] he brought [home], his wife would consume it, and the man was forced to keep silence.

2. (with indicative) everything

   هرچه دوست دارید بخورید. (more literary)

   harče dust dârid be-xorid.

   Eat everything you want.

   هرچی دوس دارین بخورین. (more colloquial)

   harči dus dârin bo-xorin.

   Eat everything you want.

3. Used to form constructions equivalent to English the more... the more.

   هرچه بیشتر بهتر ― harče bištar behtar ― the more, the better

   هرچه سریع‌تر دوید، خسته‌تر شد.

   harče sari'-tar david, xaste-tar šod.

   The faster he ran, the more tired he got.

4. (followed by a comparative adjective) as possible

   هرچه زودتر ― harče zudtar ― as soon as as possible