۷•۱۶. Elative Pronouns

/hær ʧe/ هر چه (the determiner phrase of the distributive pronoun /hær/ هر and the interrogative pronoun /ʧe/ چه) is the elative pronoun in Persian.

It is a determinative phrase which generates adjectival phrases in the elative (with the pattern [AP[DetPelative pronoun /hær ʧe/ هر چه] [APadjectival phrase in the comparative]], see 4•c•a. Degree of Adjectival Phrases):

آرزو می‌کنم هر چه بیشتر /hær ʧe biʃtær/ (= as much as possible) با من باشند.

Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (19th and 20th Century AD)

به حرمتی هر چه تمام‌تر /hær ʧe tæmɒmtær/ (= as complete as possible) و به عزمی هر چه صادق‌تر /hær ʧe sɒdeɣtær/ (= as truthful as possible) کشتی‌ها را به طرفِ حصار راندند.

Owfi (12th and 13th Century AD)

کار نیشاپور در عهدِ ریاستِ او نظامی هر چه تمام‌تر /hær ʧe tæmɒmtær/ (= as complete as possible) گرفت.

From the book “ترجمه‌یِ تاریخِ یمینی(۱۳th Century AD)

دور بودن زِ چنان روی غمی‌ست

هر چه دشوارتر /hær ʧe doʃvɒrtær/ و هر چه بتر /hær ʧe bætær/

Farrukhi Sistani (10th and 11th Century AD)

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