کیلومتر
کیلومتر (kilometr) means “kilometre” in Persian, borrowed from French. It is the standard unit for road distances, travel times, and geographic measurements across Iran.
Glossary
سانتیمتر
سانتیمتر (sântimetr) means “centimetre” in Persian, borrowed from French. It is the standard small unit of length in Iran, used in tailoring, body measurements, school rulers, and everyday sizing.
کیلوگرم
کیلوگرم (kilogram) means “kilogram” in Persian, borrowed from French. It is the standard unit of mass in Iran and the word used in markets, recipes, gyms, and everyday weight conversations.
آمار
آمار (âmâr) means “statistics,” “data,” or “census” in Persian. It is a native Persian word related to شمار (shomâr, “count”), covering numbers, figures, and official counts.
معادله
معادله (moâdele) means “equation” in Persian, borrowed from Arabic. It describes a mathematical statement of equality and appears in school math, physics, and any discussion of balanced formulas.
کسر
کسر (kasr) means “fraction” in Persian, borrowed from Arabic. It refers to a part divided from a whole, used in math class and everyday talk about incomplete amounts.
درصد
درصد (dar sad) means “percent” or “percentage” in Persian. A native Persian compound from dar (in, per) and sad (hundred). Used in statistics, discounts, taxes, and everyday figures.
هندسه
هندسه (hendese) means “geometry” in Persian. Borrowed through Arabic handasa, which traces back to an Old Iranian root meaning measurement. Used in school math and architecture.
جبر
جبر (jabr) means “algebra” in Persian. The word comes from Arabic al-jabr, the title of al-Khwarizmi’s 9th-century treatise that gave the world both algebra and the word itself.
تقسیم
تقسیم (taqsim) means “division” in math and “sharing out” in everyday Persian. An Arabic loanword from the root q-s-m (to divide or portion). Used in school, law, and daily conversation.