What it means
باتری (bâttari) means battery, borrowed into Persian from French batterie. French batterie derives from Old French batre, meaning to beat or strike, and the sense shifted over centuries from artillery bombardment to electrical storage. The word entered Persian as part of a broader wave of French technical vocabulary during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In everyday use, باتری covers everything from the battery inside a phone or laptop to AA cells used in a remote control. A related word is شارژ (shârzh), which refers to the charge stored in a battery.
How to use it
- باتری گوشیم تموم شده. (bâttari-ye gushiam tamoom shode.) “My phone battery is dead.”
- باتری لپتاپم ضعیف شده. (bâttari-ye lâptâpam za’if shode.) “My laptop battery has gotten weak.”
- باتری ریموت رو عوض کن. (bâttari-ye rimot ro avaz kon.) “Change the remote’s battery.”
- باتری خوب میخوام بخرم. (bâttari-ye khub mikhâm bekharam.) “I want to buy a good battery.”
Cultural note
In Iran, باتری is one of the most frequently used technical loanwords and appears in advertising, product labels, and everyday conversation without any native Persian alternative. Power outages and load-shedding have made battery backups and power banks common household items, so phrases about باتری تموم شدن (battery running out) are especially familiar. The word is also used in automotive contexts for a car battery, باتری ماشین, showing how broadly the term has spread beyond consumer electronics.