همان

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian همان (hamân). [1]

Adverb

هَمَانْ • (hemān)

  1. at that moment
  2. right now, quickly, immediately

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: həman, haman, həmən
  • Gagauz: hemen, emen
  • Ottoman Turkish: همان (heman, hemen)
    • Turkish: hemen, (dialectal, archaic) heman
    • → Armenian: հէմէն (hēmēn), համան (haman)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hemen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • “heman”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 70

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish هَمَانْ (hemān), from Persian همان (hamân)

Adverb

همان • (heman, hemen)

  1. immediately, right now

Descendants

  • Turkish: hemen, (dialectal, archaic) heman
  • → Armenian: հէմէն (hēmēn), համան (haman)

Persian

Pronunciation

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? hámān
Dari reading? hamān
Iranian reading? hamân
Tajik reading? hamon

Etymology 1

From هم (ham, “also, too, similarly, same”) +‎ آن (ân, “that”).

Adjective

همان • (hamân)

  1. that/those very
  2. the same
Alternative forms
  • همین (hamin)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Shortening of همان دم (hamân dam, “simultaneously”), from همان (hamân, “that very, the same”) + دم (dam, “moment”).

Adjective

همان • (hamân)

  1. simultaneously
Descendants
  • → Old Anatolian Turkish: هَمَانْ (hemān)
    • Azerbaijani: həman, haman, həmən
    • Gagauz: hemen, emen
    • Ottoman Turkish: همان (heman, hemen)
      • Turkish: hemen, (dialectal, archaic) heman
      • → Armenian: հէմէն (hēmēn), համան (haman)
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