Time
حالا
/ hâlâ /
adverb · now (colloquial)
Meaning
معنی۱
حالا (hâlâ) means "now." The word Iranians actually use, where alan is the more formal counterpart. From Arabic hâl (state, condition).
In a sentence
مثالحالا چی کار کنم؟
hâlâ chi kâr konam?
What should I do now?
حالا که اومدی، بشین
hâlâ ke umadi, beshin
Now that you've come, sit down
تا حالا اونجا نرفتم
tâ hâlâ unjâ naraftam
I haven't gone there until now
حالا حالاها
hâlâ hâlâ-hâ
for a long time to come
حالا بذار بهت بگم
hâlâ bezâr behet begam
Now let me tell you
حالا چرا؟
hâlâ cherâ?
Now (of all times), why?
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
الان
alân / alan
now (formal)
تا حالا
tâ hâlâ
until now, so far
از حالا به بعد
az hâlâ be ba'd
from now on
همین حالا
hamin hâlâ
right now, this very moment
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
حالاhâlâ
keeps company with ۵ words
