No. 82 in Persian
هیچ
"هیچ" means "nothing" or "none."
In a sentence
هیچ کس در خانه نبود.
Nobody was at home.
In this sentence, 'هیچ' is used as part of the compound 'هیچ کس', meaning 'nobody', indicating the absence of people.
هیچ چیزی مهمتر از سلامتی نیست.
Nothing is more important than health.
Here, 'هیچ' is combined with 'چیزی' to emphasize the negation, referring to 'nothing' or 'not anything'.
من هیچ وقت به اینجا نیامدهام.
I have never come here.
In this case, 'هیچ' is coupled with 'وقت' to mean 'never', indicating a negation of any time frame.
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