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قاضی

Ghazi means “judge” in Persian, an Arabic-origin term central to the Iranian judicial system. Many Iranian judges are clerics trained in Shia seminaries.

وکیل

Vakil means “lawyer” in modern Persian, though the original Arabic sense is broader: agent, representative, proxy. Standard term in Iranian legal practice.

آب‌پرتقال

آب‌پرتقال (âb-e portoghâl) means “orange juice.” The name preserves the trade route: orange = Portugal.

ستاره

ستاره (setâre) means “star.” A common girls’ name, a word for celebrities, and a thread back to pre-Islamic Persian astronomy.

طوفان

طوفان (tufân) means “storm.” A cousin of the English word “typhoon,” and a recurring image in Forough Farrokhzad’s poetry.

کویر

کویر (kavir) means “desert.” Iran’s salt desert and the hottest land surface ever measured on Earth, plus a Sohrab Sepehri poem.

جزیره

جزیره (jazire) means “island.” Iran’s Persian Gulf islands sit on the world’s most-watched oil-shipping chokepoint.

ساحل

ساحل (sâhel) means “shore” or “beach.” Arabic loanword. Iranian beach culture is mostly the Caspian coast.

جنگل

جنگل (jangal) means “forest.” Most Iranian forests are in the north: the Hyrcanian forests are UNESCO listed.

رودخانه

رودخانه (rud-khâne) means “river,” literally “river-house” or the place where the water flows. Pure Persian.

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