هرچه

هرچه

Persian

Etymology

هر‎ (har) +‎ چه‎ (če).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾt͡ʃi/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾt͡ʃɪ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ˈhæɾt͡ʃe/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾt͡ʃi/

Adverb

Dari	هرچه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳар чӣ (har čī)

هَرچه • (harče)

1. (with subjunctive) whatever
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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 possible