درخت

Specific trees carry weight in Persian culture. The cypress (سرو, sarv) is the symbol of the upright Iranian, immortalized by Hafez. The pomegranate tree (درخت انار, derakht-e anâr) is the courtyard tree of memory, present in poetry and food and Yalda night. The plane tree (چنار, chenâr) is the giant of Iranian public squares, often centuries old. On Sizdah Bedar, the 13th day of Nowruz, families tie sabze knots and picnic under درخت. The verb درخت کاشتن (planting a tree) carries a quiet civic weight, especially after Iran's recent decades of drought and deforestation.