نگه داشتن
نگه داشتن (negah dâshtan) means to keep, hold, or maintain something, and in its imperative form نگه دار it doubles as a sharp everyday command meaning stop or hold on.
Glossary
قطع
قطع (ghat’) means cut, disconnection, or interruption in Persian; قطع کردن means to cut off or disconnect, قطع شدن means to be cut, and قطع برق means a power cut.
اینطور
اینطور (intur) means like this or in this way in Persian; اینطور که signals it seems that or the way it looks, and اینطور نیست means it is not like this.
کدخدا
کدخدا (kadkhodâ) is a pure Persian compound meaning village elder or headman; the word also appears colloquially for any community go-between in disputes or matchmaking.
خیریه
خیریه (kheyriye) means charity or charitable organization in Persian, derived from Arabic خیر (kheyr, goodness); سازمان خیریه means charity organization, and کار خیریه means charitable work.
قرآن
قرآن (ghorân) is the holy book of Islam, central to Iranian religious life; قرآن خواندن means to recite the Quran, and قرآن قسم خوردن means to swear on the Quran.
ول
ول (vol) means loose, free, or let go in colloquial Persian; ول کردن means to abandon or release, and the one-word command ولش کن means forget it or let it go.
مش
مش (mash) is a colloquial honorific before a man’s name, shortened from مشهدی; it marks respect for older working-class men and village elders.
جور
جور (jur) is a colloquial Persian word for type, sort, or way, best known through the compounds اینجور (like this), اونجور (like that), and چه جوری (how / in what way).
علیکم السلام
علیکم السلام (alaykum-assalâm) means “and upon you be peace” and is the fixed Arabic-origin response to سلام علیکم, the second half of the standard Islamic greeting exchange.