حتما

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of حَتْم (ḥatm, “ultimate verdict”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħat.man/

Adverb

حَتْمًا • (ḥatman)

1. necessarily, decidedly, without fail

Persian

Alternative forms

• حتمن (hatman) (nonstandard, proscribed)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَتْمًا (ḥatman, “necessarily”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hat.man]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hät̪.män]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hät̪.män]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.män]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔät̪.män]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæt̪.mæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hät̪.män]

Readings
Classical reading?	hatman
Dari reading?	hatman
Iranian reading?	hatman
Tajik reading?	hatman

Adverb

Dari	حتما
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳатман

حتماً • (hatman)

1. certainly, necessarily, surely

   حتماً آنجاست.

   hatman ânjâ-st.

   it's surely there; it must be there.