"بلکه" meaning in Persian

See بلکه in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: [bal.ki] [Classical-Persian], [bäl.kʰɪ] [Dari, formal], [bäl.kʰɪ] [Dari, formal], [bäl.kʰɪ] [Kabuli], [bäl.kʰi] (note: Hazaragi), [bæl.kʰʲe] [Iran, formal], [bäl.kʰi] [Tajik, formal] Forms: balke [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic بَلْ (bal, “but”) + که (ke, “that”). Etymology templates: {{af|fa|ar:بَلْ<t:but>|که <t:that>}} Arabic بَلْ (bal, “but”) + که (ke, “that”) Head templates: {{head|fa|conjunction|tr=balke}} بلکه • (balke)
  1. but (... also)
    Sense id: en-بلکه-fa-conj-R1wxBcvM
  2. but (... instead)
    Sense id: en-بلکه-fa-conj-H8WfT9BW Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 0 100

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "բալքի",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: բալքի (balkʻi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: բալքի (balkʻi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": "بلكه",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "bälki"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Anatolian Turkish: بلكه (bälki)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Anatolian Turkish: بلكه (bälki)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "bəlkə",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: bəlkə (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: bəlkə (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "bəlki",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Khalaj: bəlki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khalaj: bəlki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "بلكه",
            "t": "certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: بلكه (“certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ottoman Turkish: بلكه (“certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "belki",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "belki",
            "bor": "1",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Crimean Tatar: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Crimean Tatar: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "acw",
            "2": "بلكن",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq": "archaic",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps",
            "tr": "balkin"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hijazi Arabic: بلكن (balkin, “maybe, perhaps”), بلكي (balki) (archaic)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hijazi Arabic: بلكن (balkin, “maybe, perhaps”), بلكي (balki) (archaic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ajp",
            "2": "بلكي",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "perhaps",
            "tr": "balki"
          },
          "expansion": "→ South Levantine Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”), بلكن (balken), بركي (barki)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ South Levantine Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”), بلكن (balken), بركي (barki)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ayl",
            "2": "بلكي",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "perhaps",
            "tr": "balki"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Libyan Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Libyan Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "acy",
            "2": "perki",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cypriot Arabic: perki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cypriot Arabic: perki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "белки",
            "3": "белким",
            "bor": "1",
            "t1": "perhaps, possibly",
            "t2": "perhaps, possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: белки (belki, “perhaps, possibly”), белким (belkim, “perhaps, possibly”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: белки (belki, “perhaps, possibly”), белким (belkim, “perhaps, possibly”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zza",
            "2": "belki",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zazaki: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zazaki: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hindustani"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "बल्कि",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: बल्कि (balki)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: बल्कि (balki)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "بلکہ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "balke"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: بلکہ (balke)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: بلکہ (balke)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar:بَلْ<t:but>",
        "3": "که\n<t:that>"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَلْ (bal, “but”) + که (ke, “that”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَلْ (bal, “but”) + که (ke, “that”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "tr": "balke"
      },
      "expansion": "بلکه • (balke)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Not only was the elevator of your hotel out of order, but we also couldn't use the stairs!",
          "roman": "na tanhâ âsânsor-e hoteletân xarâb bud, balke mâ az pellekânetân ham na tavânestim estefâde konim!",
          "text": "نه تنها آسانسور هتلتان خراب بود، بلکه ما از پلّکانتان هم نتوانستیم استفاده کنیم!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but (... also)"
      ],
      "id": "en-بلکه-fa-conj-R1wxBcvM",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "also",
          "also"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I didn't talk to the manager, but (rather) to the employee who was there.",
          "roman": "man bâ modir harf na zadam, balke bâ kârmandi ke dar ânjâ bud harf zadam.",
          "text": "من با مدیر حرف نزدم، بلکه با کارمندی که در آنجا بود حرف زدم.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but (... instead)"
      ],
      "id": "en-بلکه-fa-conj-H8WfT9BW",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "instead",
          "instead"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[bal.ki]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰi]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bæl.kʰʲe]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰi]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "بلکه"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Persian compound terms",
    "Persian conjunctions",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "բալքի",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: բալքի (balkʻi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: բալքի (balkʻi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-oat",
            "2": "بلكه",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "bälki"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Anatolian Turkish: بلكه (bälki)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Anatolian Turkish: بلكه (bälki)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "bəlkə",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Azerbaijani: bəlkə (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Azerbaijani: bəlkə (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "bəlki",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Khalaj: bəlki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khalaj: bəlki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "بلكه",
            "t": "certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: بلكه (“certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ottoman Turkish: بلكه (“certainly, beyond any doubt; even; perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "belki",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "belki",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Crimean Tatar: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Crimean Tatar: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "acw",
            "2": "بلكن",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq": "archaic",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps",
            "tr": "balkin"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hijazi Arabic: بلكن (balkin, “maybe, perhaps”), بلكي (balki) (archaic)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hijazi Arabic: بلكن (balkin, “maybe, perhaps”), بلكي (balki) (archaic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ajp",
            "2": "بلكي",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "perhaps",
            "tr": "balki"
          },
          "expansion": "→ South Levantine Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”), بلكن (balken), بركي (barki)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ South Levantine Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”), بلكن (balken), بركي (barki)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ayl",
            "2": "بلكي",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "perhaps",
            "tr": "balki"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Libyan Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Libyan Arabic: بلكي (balki, “perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "acy",
            "2": "perki",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cypriot Arabic: perki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cypriot Arabic: perki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "белки",
            "3": "белким",
            "bor": "1",
            "t1": "perhaps, possibly",
            "t2": "perhaps, possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: белки (belki, “perhaps, possibly”), белким (belkim, “perhaps, possibly”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: белки (belki, “perhaps, possibly”), белким (belkim, “perhaps, possibly”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zza",
            "2": "belki",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "maybe, perhaps"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zazaki: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zazaki: belki (“maybe, perhaps”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hindustani"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "बल्कि",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: बल्कि (balki)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: बल्कि (balki)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "بلکہ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "balke"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: بلکہ (balke)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: بلکہ (balke)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar:بَلْ<t:but>",
        "3": "که\n<t:that>"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَلْ (bal, “but”) + که (ke, “that”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَلْ (bal, “but”) + که (ke, “that”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balke",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "tr": "balke"
      },
      "expansion": "بلکه • (balke)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Not only was the elevator of your hotel out of order, but we also couldn't use the stairs!",
          "roman": "na tanhâ âsânsor-e hoteletân xarâb bud, balke mâ az pellekânetân ham na tavânestim estefâde konim!",
          "text": "نه تنها آسانسور هتلتان خراب بود، بلکه ما از پلّکانتان هم نتوانستیم استفاده کنیم!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but (... also)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "also",
          "also"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I didn't talk to the manager, but (rather) to the employee who was there.",
          "roman": "man bâ modir harf na zadam, balke bâ kârmandi ke dar ânjâ bud harf zadam.",
          "text": "من با مدیر حرف نزدم، بلکه با کارمندی که در آنجا بود حرف زدم.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but (... instead)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "instead",
          "instead"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[bal.ki]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰi]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bæl.kʰʲe]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bäl.kʰi]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "بلکه"
}

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