No. 142 in Persian
بسیاری
"بسیاری" means "many" or "a lot" in English.
In a sentence
بسیاری از کتابها در این کتابخانه بسیار قدیمی هستند.
Many of the books in this library are very old.
Here, 'بسیاری' is used to express a large quantity of a specified group, in this case, 'books'.
او بسیاری از مکانهای دیدنی شهر را بازدید کرده است.
He/She has visited many of the city’s attractions.
In this sentence, 'بسیاری' is used to indicate that the subject interacted with a significant number of specified places.
بسیاری میگویند که مطالعه بسیار مفید است.
Many say that studying is very useful.
The word 'بسیاری' is employed here to reference an unspecified, general group of people agreeing on a statement.
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