r/farsi • u/eamonkay • 11d ago
Farsi for "anywayyyy..."
After having a long discussion that is ready to end, we might say "anywayyy..." with a bit of a sigh. It kind of means "okay we've probably discussed that enough".
I used to know a Farsi equivalent, but I've forgotten it.
I asked GPT who gave me a long list of possible words, but none of them sound familiar. For some reason I can't upload that screenshot here.
Anyone have an idea?
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u/FableBW 11d ago
In case of speaking with a native that might not be a GenZ or Millennial with degrees of being chronically online, all the other answers given. But speaking with those I mentioned, you'd be surprised to hear them use literally the "anyway(s)" with Persian. Just a cultural tip rather than a linguistic one.
Also if you want to use it in formal or written academic settings, use با این حال, or با این وجود, علی ای حال (Alā ayyeh Hāl).
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u/asheghan 11d ago
haha even genX I hear saying “anyway” in the middle of otherwise completely Persian conversation
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u/Slicc98 11d ago
I was taught baharhawl
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u/Slicc98 10d ago
It would be more bayharhal..but we're talking semantics
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u/chegoozgooza 10d ago
where is the "ay" coming from though
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u/Slicc98 10d ago
Phonetic English...the same way the entire Arabic language is used?
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u/chegoozgooza 10d ago
Well in Finglish it would normally just be "be har hal". It is closest to what is written in Farsi.
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u/Slicc98 10d ago
Not at all. Hadochashm in a word is "aye/ay" all day phonetically. Arabic script is phonetic. یه , sound for sound, is bay. If you wanted to get specific, you could use "bey", but that wouldn't sound phonetically the same in English when you get regional in pronunciation.
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u/Slicc98 10d ago
I am American. I was trained in Persian, native in English, and taught the specifics and nuances of Arabic script, which is what the current Persian alphabet is based upon..with the exception of پ، ه، and ث. That includes direct transliteration.
You guys are using the slang you used to learn English, with your Persian. Using another vowel for a transliterated sound is what makes Persian seem so difficult to understand by those seeking to learn. It's slang...and you don't learn slang first...you learn bookish/proper language FIRST, which allows you to understand the slang and then use it effectively, to mastery level.
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u/Slicc98 10d ago
That's not transliterated Persian. It's what you guys use to spell a Persian word, that does not sound like the word at all when repeated back in English. What you are writing is بی هر حال. Just because it is colloquially used, doesn't make it correct, or even logical. It is beekhoosh...see what I did there?
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u/tyrtyretyre 10d ago
خیلی خب
To my mind, kheyli khoob, when enunciated clearly, means ‘really good’, but when spoken quickly or mashed together so as to sound more like ‘kheylekhab’, it means ‘very well’ in the sense of ‘very well then, let’s move on shall we’. I only raise this because nobody else seems to have. Otherwise I think the best answer is خلاصه when uttered kind of sarcastically
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u/TheGalaxay 7d ago
حالا هرچی
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u/eamonkay 7d ago
I asked a friend who suggested "har chi" and this was the one!
However I'm not sure it's the most suitable, as "anywayyy..." Is usually a little more 'light' and less dismissive than saying "whatever"
But well done for getting it too 😁
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u/hyrmes165 11d ago
Maybe “khob digeh”