See گاهی on Wiktionary
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"english": "O lance, there is a Lancer, so that sometimes thou becomest straight, sometimes [bent] double.",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1121:",
"roman": "nēza gardānī ast ay nēza ki tū / rāst mē-gardī gahē gāhē dū-tō",
"text": "نیزه گردانی است ای نیزه که تو / راست میگردی گهی گاهی دو تو",
"translation": "O lance, there is a Lancer, so that sometimes thou becomest straight, sometimes [bent] double.",
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"english": "Occasionally, a drop trickles into the thirsty palate of the lips of the wadi of disappointment.",
"ref": "c. 1678, محمد مفید مستوفی [Mohammad Mofid Mostafi], جامع مفیدی [Jâme'-e mofidi]:",
"roman": "Jâme'-e mofidi",
"text": "گاهی قطرهای در کام تشنه لبان وادی نامرادی میچکد.",
"translation": "Occasionally, a drop trickles into the thirsty palate of the lips of the wadi of disappointment.",
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"english": "Sometimes laughing, sometimes crying\nOh, what deed is this\nMy head, from sorrow, in the collar\nWhat world is this",
"ref": "1973, “گاهی خنده گاهی گریه [Sometimes Laughing, Something Crying]”, performed by گوگوش (Googoosh):",
"roman": "gâhi xande gâhi gerye\n âxe in če kârie\n saram az ġam tu garibun\nin če ruzegârie",
"text": "گاهی خنده گاهی گریه\nآخه این چه کاریه\nسرم از غم تو گریبون\nاین چه روزگاریه",
"translation": "Sometimes laughing, sometimes crying\nOh, what deed is this\nMy head, from sorrow, in the collar\nWhat world is this",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"sometimes, occasionally"
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"word": "گهگاه"
},
{
"word": "گاهگاهی"
},
{
"word": "بعضا"
},
{
"word": "بعضی اوقات"
}
]
}
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"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɡɑː.jéː]",
"tags": [
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},
{
"ipa": "[ɡɔː.jéː]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɡ̥ɒː.ɦíː]",
"tags": [
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"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1121:",
"roman": "nēza gardānī ast ay nēza ki tū / rāst mē-gardī gahē gāhē dū-tō",
"text": "نیزه گردانی است ای نیزه که تو / راست میگردی گهی گاهی دو تو",
"translation": "O lance, there is a Lancer, so that sometimes thou becomest straight, sometimes [bent] double.",
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0,
12
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"english": "Occasionally, a drop trickles into the thirsty palate of the lips of the wadi of disappointment.",
"ref": "c. 1678, محمد مفید مستوفی [Mohammad Mofid Mostafi], جامع مفیدی [Jâme'-e mofidi]:",
"roman": "Jâme'-e mofidi",
"text": "گاهی قطرهای در کام تشنه لبان وادی نامرادی میچکد.",
"translation": "Occasionally, a drop trickles into the thirsty palate of the lips of the wadi of disappointment.",
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"english": "Sometimes laughing, sometimes crying\nOh, what deed is this\nMy head, from sorrow, in the collar\nWhat world is this",
"ref": "1973, “گاهی خنده گاهی گریه [Sometimes Laughing, Something Crying]”, performed by گوگوش (Googoosh):",
"roman": "gâhi xande gâhi gerye\n âxe in če kârie\n saram az ġam tu garibun\nin če ruzegârie",
"text": "گاهی خنده گاهی گریه\nآخه این چه کاریه\nسرم از غم تو گریبون\nاین چه روزگاریه",
"translation": "Sometimes laughing, sometimes crying\nOh, what deed is this\nMy head, from sorrow, in the collar\nWhat world is this",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"sometimes, occasionally"
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"word": "گهگاه"
},
{
"word": "گاهگاهی"
},
{
"word": "بعضا"
},
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"word": "بعضی اوقات"
}
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