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کاور

cover means cover image in Persian, the loanword for book covers, Spotify art, video thumbnails, and profile banners.

پروفایل

profile means social media profile in Persian, the universal loanword for any user account page on Instagram, Telegram, or Twitter.

بایو

bio means the short profile description on Instagram or Twitter in Persian, the loanword for that 150-character self-summary.

لینک

link means hyperlink in Persian, the everyday loanword for any URL shared in chats, posts, or messages.

پی دی اف

pdf is the Persian word for a PDF file, pronounced PI-DI-EF and central to Iranian academic and legal life.

ولوم

volume means sound volume in Persian, the English-rooted loanword that lives alongside native seda in tech contexts.

سایت

Sait is the fully naturalized Persian word for a website. Most Iranian sites are sait-something, and the English word has displaced any alternative.

هارد

Hard is the Iranian Persian word for a hard drive or phone storage. Hard-am por shode means my drive is full, a sentence every Iranian says often.

رم

Ram is the Iranian Persian word for computer RAM, a basic piece of tech-shopping vocabulary that everyone buying a phone or laptop knows.

اپلیکیشن

Application is the fuller, more formal version of ap, reached for by developers, IT staff, and tech writers when the short form feels too casual.

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