اینترنت
internet
internet
nounA1
Quick Reference
in-ter-NET
internet
A1 — Absolute Beginner
اینترنت pronounced by Elyar
What it means
اینترنت (internet) means “internet.” Direct English loanword adopted in the 1990s. Foundation A1 vocabulary, used identically to its English source.
How to use it
- اینترنت ندارم (internet nadâram) “I do not have internet”
- توی اینترنت دیدم (tuye internet didam) “I saw it on the internet”
- اینترنت قطع شده (internet qat’ shode) “The internet is down”
Common pairings
- وایفای (vây-fây) “Wi-Fi”
- سرعت اینترنت (sor’at-e internet) “internet speed”
- اینترنت ملی (internet-e melli) “national internet” (Iran’s intranet system)
- فیلترشکن (filter-shekan) “VPN, anti-filter”
Cultural note
Internet access in Iran is heavily regulated. Many platforms (Twitter/X, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram at times) are blocked, and Iranians widely use فیلترشکن (filter-shekan, VPNs) to bypass restrictions. This makes اینترنت a politically loaded everyday word.
References
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Internet access in Iran is heavily regulated. Many platforms (Twitter/X, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram at times) are blocked, and Iranians widely use فیلترشکن (filter-shekan, VPNs) to bypass restrictions. This makes اینترنت a politically loaded everyday word.Roots & Connections
EnglishinternetDirect source. Entered Persian in the mid-1990s with the arrival of the first Iranian ISPs (around 1993, Iran was the second country in the Middle East online).
Latin (ultimate)inter (between) + Latin rete / English netShort for internetwork. The Persian Academy proposed میانتار (miyân-târ) but it never displaced the loan.
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