Social Rituals
اما
/ ammâ /
adverb · but
Meaning
معنی۱
اما (ammâ) means "but, however." The bookish counterpart to the everyday vali. Standard contrastive conjunction in formal and written Persian.
In a sentence
مثالسعی کردم، اما نشد
sa'i kardam, ammâ nashod
I tried, but it didn't work
اما واقعیت این است که...
ammâ vâqe'iyat in ast ke...
but the truth is that...
کتاب خوبی است، اما طولانی
ketâb-e khub-i ast, ammâ tulâni
it is a good book, but long
گفتم میآیم، اما نتوانستم
goftam mi-âyam, ammâ natavânestam
I said I would come, but I couldn't
In its constellation
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اماammâ
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