چونکه

Persian

Etymology

From چون (čūn / čun) + که (ki / ke).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuːn.ˈki/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuːŋ.kʰɪ], [t͡ʃʰuːŋ.kʰeː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuːŋ.kʰɪ], [t͡ʃʰuːŋ.kʰeː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuŋ.kʰi], [t͡ʃʰuŋ.kʰeː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰoɲ.kʰʲe], [t͡ʃʰuːɲ.kʰʲe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuŋ.kʰi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čūnki
Dari reading^?	čūnki, čūnkē
Iranian reading^?	čonke, čunke
Tajik reading^?	čunki

Conjunction

چونکه • (čūnki / čunke, čonke) (Tajik spelling чунки)

because, since
Synonym: زیرا (zērā / zirâ)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “چونکه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim