Social Rituals
ولی
/ vali /
conjunction · but, however
Say itVA-li
Meaning
معنی۱
Vali is so common that Iranians often soften disagreement by leading with بله، ولی... (yes, but...). It is the spoken bridge to a polite pushback. You will hear it used in every Tehran taxi argument, family dinner debate, and shopkeeper haggle.
In a sentence
مثالدوستش دارم، ولی سخته
dustesh dâram, vali sakhte
I love it, but it's hard
ولی من نمیدونم
vali man nemidunam
But I don't know
خوبه ولی گرونه
khube vali gerune
It's good but expensive
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.
ولیvali
اماammâولیvali
keeps company with ۱ words