What it means
برنامهریزی (barnâme-rizi) means “planning” or “scheduling,” the act of organizing tasks, events, or resources ahead of time. برنامه is a native Persian word meaning program or plan, and ریزی derives from the Persian verb ریختن (rikhtan), meaning to pour, to lay out, or to arrange. The compound is entirely Persian in origin, one of the relatively rare technology-adjacent terms that requires no Arabic or European borrowing. In the digital context it covers everything from calendar scheduling apps to project management workflows. A close related noun is طراحی (tarâhi), which leans more toward design, while برنامهریزی stays focused on sequential planning.
How to use it
- برنامهریزی هفتگیم رو تو اپ میذارم. (barnâme-rizi-ye haftegi-am ro tu app mizâram.) “I put my weekly schedule in the app.”
- برای این پروژه برنامهریزی دقیق لازمه. (barâye in prozheh barnâme-rizi-ye daqiq lâzeme.) “This project needs careful planning.”
- اپ برنامهریزی خوبی سراغ داری؟ (app-e barnâme-rizi-ye khubi sarâgh dâri?) “Do you know a good planning app?”
- بدون برنامهریزی وقتم هدر میره. (bedune barnâme-rizi vaqtam hadar mire.) “Without planning my time goes to waste.”
Cultural note
برنامهریزی is one of those everyday Persian words that has moved naturally into the digital sphere without needing a foreign replacement. Productivity apps marketed to Iranian users, including local calendar tools that handle the Solar Hijri calendar alongside the Gregorian one, use برنامهریزی prominently in their interfaces and marketing copy. The Solar Hijri calendar, which is the official calendar of Iran, means Iranians often need scheduling tools that handle a different year and month structure than Western apps assume, so برنامهریزی apps tailored to the Iranian calendar form a real niche in the local app market.