قانون
قانون (qânun) means law or regulation in Persian. The word traces back to ancient Greek kanon, meaning a rule or measuring rod, and entered Persian through Arabic, carrying that same sense of a binding standard.
Glossary
حکومت
حکومت (hokumat) means rule, governance, or regime in Persian. An Arabic loanword from the root meaning to judge or command, it carries a heavier, more authoritative tone than the everyday word for government.
دولت
دولت (dowlat) is the everyday Persian word for government or state. Borrowed from Arabic, it appears in news, conversation, and official speech at every level of civic life.
زردِ لیمو
زردِ لیمو (zard-e limu) means lemon yellow in Persian. It pairs زرد, the native Persian word for yellow, with لیمو, a word commonly linked to Sanskrit origins, producing a vivid and specific colour term.
یکرنگ
یکرنگ (yek-rang) means one colour or monochrome in Persian, and idiomatically it means sincere and consistent in character. Both components, یک and رنگ, are native Persian words.
بیرنگ
بیرنگ (bi-rang) means colourless or faded in Persian. Both elements are native Persian: بی means without and رنگ means colour. Used literally and figuratively of people, objects, and emotions.
قرمزی
قرمزی (qermezi) means redness or a red hue in Persian. It is the abstract noun formed from قرمز, a word that entered Persian from Arabic, which had earlier borrowed it from Persian کرم meaning worm.
زنگاری
زنگاری (zangâri) is an archaic Persian colour term meaning verdigris or dark teal, the blue-green shade of oxidised copper. Used in poetry and classical literature.
کلفت
کلفت (koloft) means thick, fat, or coarse in Persian. Its etymology is uncertain and not established by main reference sources. In everyday speech it describes physical bulk, the thickness of objects, or a coarse texture.
مرتب
مرتب (morattab) means neat, tidy, or occurring in a regular pattern in Persian. It is borrowed from Arabic root ر-ت-ب (r-t-b), meaning to arrange or order. It is one of the most commonly used adjectives in spoken Persian.