Fromهر(har) +‎چه(če).

هَرچه• (harče)

1. (with subjunctive)whatever
   • c.1260s,Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated byReynold A. Nicholson,مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3410:

     هرچه آوردی تلف کردیش زن
     مرد مضطر بود اندر تن زدن

     harče âvardi talaf kardiš zan
     mard moztarr bud andar tan zadan.

     Whatever [food] he brought [home], his wife would consume it, and the man was forced to keep silence.

2. (with indicative)everything

   هرچه دوست دارید بخورید.(more literary)

   harče dust dârid be-xorid.

   Eateverything you want.

   هرچی دوس دارین بخورین.(more colloquial)

   harči dus dârin bo-xorin.

   Eateverything you want.

3. Used to form constructions equivalent to Englishthe more... the more.

   هرچه بیشتر بهتر ―harče bištar behtar ―the more, the better

   هرچه سریع‌تر دوید، خسته‌تر شد.

   harče sari'-tar david, xaste-tar šod.

   The faster he ran, the more tired he got.

4. (followed by a comparative adjective) as possible

   هرچه زودتر ―harče zudtar ―as soon asas possible

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