What it means
موتور جستجو (motor-e jostoju) is the standard Persian term for a search engine, referring to services such as Google, Bing, or the Iranian search engine پارسیجو (Pârsiju). The word موتور is a loanword that entered Persian via French and English from the Latin “motor” (that which moves). The word جستجو is entirely native Persian, a noun derived from the verb جستن or جستجو کردن, meaning to search or seek. The combination is transparent and well-formed, and it is used across formal writing, tech journalism, and everyday conversation without any colloquial alternative competing with it.
How to use it
- هر چیزی نمیدونی رو توی موتور جستجو سرچ کن. (har chizi nemiduni ro tuye motor-e jostoju search kon.) “Search anything you don’t know in the search engine.”
- گوگل معروفترین موتور جستجوی دنیاست. (Gugl maruftarin motor-e jostojuy-e dunyâst.) “Google is the most famous search engine in the world.”
- موتورهای جستجو سایتها رو ایندکس میکنن. (motorhâye jostoju sâythâ ro index mikonan.) “Search engines index websites.”
- با کمک موتور جستجو راحتتر اطلاعات پیدا میکنی. (bâ komak-e motor-e jostoju râhattar ettela’ât peydâ mikoni.) “With the help of a search engine you find information more easily.”
Cultural note
Google (گوگل, Gugl) is by far the dominant search engine used in Iran despite periodic government restrictions, and many Persian speakers use گوگل کردن (to google something) as a verb in the same way English speakers do. The formally correct term موتور جستجو appears in school curricula, government technology policy documents, and Persian-language tech media, while یاهو (Yahoo) and domestic alternatives such as پارسیجو have smaller but loyal user bases. The phrase نتایج موتور جستجو (search engine results) is standard in SEO discussions in Persian.