"لیکن" meaning in All languages combined

See لیکن on Wiktionary

Conjunction [Pahari-Potwari]

Forms: lekin [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin). Etymology templates: {{bor+|phr|fa-cls|لیکِن}} Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), {{der|phr|ar|لٰكِنْ}} Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin) Head templates: {{head|phr|conj|tr=lekin}} لیکن (lekin)
  1. but
    Sense id: en-لیکن-phr-conj-zcKZN4hx Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pahari-Potwari entries with incorrect language header, Pahari-Potwari terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 77 5 12 0 0 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 4 10 0 0 0 5

Conjunction [Persian]

IPA: [leː.ˈkin] [Classical-Persian], [leː.kʰɪ́n] [Dari, formal], [leː.kʰɪ́n] [Dari, formal], [leː.kʰɪ́n] [Kabuli], [li.kʰín] (note: Hazaragi), [liː.kʰʲǽn] [Iran, formal], [liː.kʰʲén] [Iran, formal] Audio: LL-Q9168 (fas)-Darafsh-لیکن.wav Forms: likan [romanization], لاکن [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”) (with the long vowel shifted by imāla). Compare Classical Persian ایمِنْ (ēmin) and بَلی (balē), from Arabic آمِنْ (ʔāmin) and بَلَى (balā). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|لٰكِنْ|t=but}} Borrowed from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”), {{ncog|fa-cls|ایمِنْ}} Classical Persian ایمِنْ (ēmin), {{ncog|ar|آمِنْ}} Arabic آمِنْ (ʔāmin) Head templates: {{head|fa|conj|tr1=likan}} لیکن • (likan)
  1. (Dari or dated) but, however Tags: Dari, dated Synonyms: مگر, ولی, اما
    Sense id: en-لیکن-fa-conj-hLMJpaam Categories (other): Dari
  2. (Dari or dated) only Tags: Dari, dated Synonyms: تنها
    Sense id: en-لیکن-fa-conj--QWxlULt Categories (other): Dari, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 39 61

Conjunction [Punjabi]

Forms: lekin [romanization], lekan [romanization], ਲੇਕਿਨ [Gurmukhi]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکن (lekin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin). Etymology templates: {{bor+|pa|fa-cls|لیکن|tr=lekin}} Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکن (lekin), {{der|pa|ar|لٰكِنْ}} Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin) Head templates: {{pa-con|gur=ਲੇਕਿਨ|tr=lekin, lekan}} لیکن • (lekin, lekan) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਕਿਨ)
  1. but Synonyms: مگر, پر
    Sense id: en-لیکن-pa-conj-zcKZN4hx
  2. however
    Sense id: en-لیکن-pa-conj-R5UYM-z2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Punjabi conjunctions in Shahmukhi script, Punjabi entries with incorrect language header, Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Punjabi conjunctions in Shahmukhi script: 0 0 Disambiguation of Punjabi entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 0

Conjunction [Urdu]

IPA: /leː.kɪn/ [Standard, Urdu] Forms: lekin [romanization], लेकिन [Hindi]
Rhymes: -ɪn Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ur|fa-cls|لیکِن}} Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), {{der|ur|ar|لٰكِنْ}} Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin) Head templates: {{ur-con|hi=लेकिन|tr=lekin}} لیکن • (lekin) (Hindi spelling लेकिन)
  1. but
    Sense id: en-لیکن-ur-conj-zcKZN4hx
  2. except
    Sense id: en-لیکن-ur-conj-sRJ5VHvE Categories (other): Urdu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: مگر (magar), پر (english: par)

Alternative forms

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      "text": "Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)"
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      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: lakin"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chagatai:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chagatai:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "لېكىن"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: لېكىن (lëkin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: لېكىن (lëkin)"
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Uzbek: lekin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: lekin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "hi",
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          "expansion": "Hindi: लेकिन (lekin)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Hindi: लेकिन (lekin)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "ur",
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          "expansion": "Urdu: لیکِن (lekin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Urdu: لیکِن (lekin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ku",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kurdish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kurdish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ckb",
            "2": "لێکن",
            "tr": "lêkin"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Kurdish: لێکن (lêkin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Kurdish: لێکن (lêkin)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Kurdish: lêkin, lê"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਲੇਕਿਨ",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)"
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  "pos": "conj",
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        {
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              84,
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            ],
            [
              108,
              111
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            [
              47,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The meaning of love in the world is a well-watered sapling;\nIt is a pretty sapling, but its fruit is naught but grief.",
          "ref": "c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی:",
          "roman": "ešq dar âlam ma'ni-st nahâli šâdâb\nxoš nahâli-st va likan samr-aš joz ġam nist",
          "text": "عشق در عالم معنی ست نهالی شاداب\nخوش نهالی ست و لیکن ثمرش جز غم نیست",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "but, however"
      ],
      "id": "en-لیکن-fa-conj-hLMJpaam",
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          "however"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dari or dated) but, however"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "مگر"
        },
        {
          "word": "ولی"
        },
        {
          "word": "اما"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Dari",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "only"
      ],
      "id": "en-لیکن-fa-conj--QWxlULt",
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dari or dated) only"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "تنها"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[leː.ˈkin]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[leː.kʰɪ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[leː.kʰɪ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[leː.kʰɪ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[li.kʰín]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[liː.kʰʲǽn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[liː.kʰʲén]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "imāla"
  ],
  "word": "لیکن"
}

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      "form": "lekan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "name": "pa-con"
    }
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  "pos": "conj",
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      "glosses": [
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  ],
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}

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      "name": "ur-con"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "conj",
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        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "except"
      ],
      "id": "en-لیکن-ur-conj-sRJ5VHvE",
      "links": [
        [
          "except",
          "except"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leː.kɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "magar",
      "word": "مگر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "par",
      "word": "پر"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لیکن"
}
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phr",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "لیکِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phr",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "لٰكِنْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lekin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phr",
        "2": "conj",
        "tr": "lekin"
      },
      "expansion": "لیکن (lekin)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "phr",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pahari-Potwari conjunctions",
        "Pahari-Potwari entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pahari-Potwari lemmas",
        "Pahari-Potwari terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
        "Pahari-Potwari terms derived from Arabic",
        "Pahari-Potwari terms derived from Classical Persian",
        "Pahari-Potwari terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "لیکن"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian conjunctions",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prs",
            "2": "لیکِن"
          },
          "expansion": "Dari: لیکِن (lēkin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dari: لیکِن (lēkin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "لیکِن",
            "qq": "uncommon"
          },
          "expansion": "Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "лекин"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: лекин (lekin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: лекин (lekin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "lakin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: lakin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: lakin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "লেকিন",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "chg",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chagatai:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chagatai:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "لېكىن"
          },
          "expansion": "Uyghur: لېكىن (lëkin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uyghur: لېكىن (lëkin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "lekin"
          },
          "expansion": "Uzbek: lekin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Uzbek: lekin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "लेकिन"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: लेकिन (lekin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: लेकिन (lekin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "لیکِن"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: لیکِن (lekin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: لیکِن (lekin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ku",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kurdish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kurdish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ckb",
            "2": "لێکن",
            "tr": "lêkin"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Kurdish: لێکن (lêkin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Kurdish: لێکن (lêkin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "lêkin",
            "3": "lê"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Kurdish: lêkin, lê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Kurdish: lêkin, lê"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਲੇਕਿਨ",
            "alts": "1",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "لیکن",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "lekin, lekan"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: لیکن (lekin, lekan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: لیکن (lekin, lekan)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "لٰكِنْ",
        "t": "but"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa-cls",
        "2": "ایمِنْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian ایمِنْ (ēmin)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "آمِنْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic آمِنْ (ʔāmin)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”) (with the long vowel shifted by imāla). Compare Classical Persian ایمِنْ (ēmin) and بَلی (balē), from Arabic آمِنْ (ʔāmin) and بَلَى (balā).",
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    {
      "form": "likan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لاکن",
      "roman": "lâken",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "conj",
        "tr1": "likan"
      },
      "expansion": "لیکن • (likan)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Dari",
        "Persian dated terms",
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              84,
              87
            ],
            [
              108,
              111
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              47,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The meaning of love in the world is a well-watered sapling;\nIt is a pretty sapling, but its fruit is naught but grief.",
          "ref": "c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی:",
          "roman": "ešq dar âlam ma'ni-st nahâli šâdâb\nxoš nahâli-st va likan samr-aš joz ġam nist",
          "text": "عشق در عالم معنی ست نهالی شاداب\nخوش نهالی ست و لیکن ثمرش جز غم نیست",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "but, however"
      ],
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        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dari or dated) but, however"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "مگر"
        },
        {
          "word": "ولی"
        },
        {
          "word": "اما"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dari",
        "Persian dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "only"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dari or dated) only"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "تنها"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[leː.ˈkin]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[leː.kʰɪ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[leː.kʰɪ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[leː.kʰɪ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[li.kʰín]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[liː.kʰʲǽn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[liː.kʰʲén]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Darafsh-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86.wav/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Darafsh-%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "imāla"
  ],
  "word": "لیکن"
}

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    "Punjabi conjunctions in Shahmukhi script",
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    "Punjabi lemmas",
    "Punjabi terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
    "Punjabi terms derived from Arabic",
    "Punjabi terms derived from Classical Persian",
    "Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "pa",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "لیکن",
        "tr": "lekin"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکن (lekin)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "لٰكِنْ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکن (lekin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).",
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    {
      "form": "lekin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lekan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੇਕਿਨ",
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "gur": "ਲੇਕਿਨ",
        "tr": "lekin, lekan"
      },
      "expansion": "لیکن • (lekin, lekan) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੇਕਿਨ)",
      "name": "pa-con"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pa",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "مگر"
        },
        {
          "word": "پر"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "however"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "لیکن"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Urdu/ɪn",
    "Rhymes:Urdu/ɪn/2 syllables",
    "Urdu conjunctions",
    "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Urdu lemmas",
    "Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
    "Urdu terms derived from Arabic",
    "Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian",
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    "Urdu terms with redundant head parameter"
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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "3": "لیکِن"
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "لٰكِنْ"
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      "expansion": "Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian لیکِن (lēkin), from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lekin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "लेकिन",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hi": "लेकिन",
        "tr": "lekin"
      },
      "expansion": "لیکن • (lekin) (Hindi spelling लेकिन)",
      "name": "ur-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Urdu",
  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "except"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "except",
          "except"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leː.kɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "magar",
      "word": "مگر"
    },
    {
      "english": "par",
      "word": "پر"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لیکن"
}

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