Glossary

سردار

سردار (sardâr) is a pure Persian compound meaning commander or general. It is a formal military and historical title used for senior commanders in Iran and the wider Persianate world.

فساد

فساد (fasâd) is an Arabic-origin noun meaning corruption, decay, or moral rot. In Persian it is the standard term for corruption in political, financial, and ethical contexts.

پیشرفت

پیشرفت (pishraft) is a pure Persian noun meaning progress or advancement. It appears in everyday speech, political discourse, and academic writing to describe forward movement or development.

سرشماری

سرشماری (sarshumâri) is the formal Persian word for census, a pure Persian compound meaning head-counting. It is used in official, demographic, and governmental contexts.

جمعیت

جمعیت (jam’iyyat) means population or crowd in Persian, borrowed from Arabic. It refers to the number of inhabitants of a place or a large gathering of people.

مقاومت

مقاومت (moqâvamat) means resistance or endurance. An Arabic-origin word, it appears in everyday speech and in political slogans, covering both personal perseverance and organized opposition.

جنایت

جنایت (jenâyat) means crime or atrocity. From Arabic, it covers serious offenses and grave moral wrongs, and sits at a heavier register than the everyday word for crime.

روابط

روابط (ravâbet) means relations, especially diplomatic or formal ties between countries or institutions. It is an Arabic broken-plural form used widely in formal Persian.

سیاست خارجی

سیاست خارجی (siyâsat-e khâreji) means foreign policy. Both components are Arabic-origin words adopted into Persian, used in formal diplomatic and political discourse.

امضا کردن

امضا کردن (emzâ kardan) means to sign a document. The noun امضا comes from Arabic, paired with the pure Persian verb کردن, making this a classic Arabic-Persian compound.

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