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نامه
/ nâme /
noun · letter
Say itnâ-ME
Meaning
معنی۱
Hand-written نامه has thinned out among urban Iranians, replaced by Telegram and WhatsApp messages. But the suffix lives everywhere: every newspaper, every diploma (گواهینامه, govâhi-nâme), every reference book carries نامه in its name. Ferdowsi's شاهنامه, the 50,000-couplet epic completed around 1010 CE, is the cultural anchor for the word.
In a sentence
مثالنامه نوشتم
nâme neveshtam
I wrote a letter
یه نامه برات اومده
ye nâme barât umade
a letter has come for you
نامه رسمی
nâme-ye rasmi
formal letter
نامهی عاشقانه
nâme-ye âsheghâne
love letter
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
روزنامه
ruznâme
newspaper (literally: day-book)
دانشنامه
dâneshnâme
encyclopedia, knowledge-book
شاهنامه
shâhnâme
Book of Kings, Ferdowsi's epic
نامهرسان
nâme-resân
postman, letter-bearer
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
نامهnâme
keeps company with ۵ words