Social Rituals
شما
/ shomâ /
pronoun · you (formal/plural)
Meaning
معنی۱
شما anchors the entire Iranian system of taarof. A Tehran taxi driver will say شما to a passenger he just met; a daughter-in-law uses شما with her husband's parents for life. Using تو too early reads as rude or presumptuous. Iranians abroad often slip into تو faster, but inside Iran, شما stays sturdy.
In a sentence
مثالشما کجایی هستید؟
shomâ kojâyi hastid?
Where are you from?
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.
شماshomâ
keeps company with ۶ words