دکمه
دکمه (dokme) means button in Persian and is borrowed from Turkish düğme. It refers to the small fastening device on clothing and, in modern usage, also to any push button on a device.
Glossary
کلاه آفتابی
کلاه آفتابی (kolâh âftâbi) means sun hat or baseball cap in Persian. It is a compound of kolâh (hat, native Persian) and âftâbi (sun-related, from Persian âftâb), making it a pure Persian compound noun.
مانتو
مانتو (mânto) is a women’s over-garment worn in Iran, borrowed from the French word manteau. It covers the body from shoulders to mid-thigh or lower and is required dress in public for women.
شال
شال (shâl) means shawl or large scarf in Persian. It is a Persian-origin word that gave the English word shawl its name. It refers to a wide cloth draped over the shoulders or head.
صندل
صندل (sandal) means sandal in Persian. The word came into Persian from Arabic, which itself inherited it from Sanskrit via Middle Persian. It names the open-soled footwear worn widely across Iran in warm months.
پالتو
پالتو (pâlto) means overcoat in Persian. Borrowed from the French word paletot, it refers to a long, warm outer coat worn in cold weather by men and women.
جین
جین (jins) means jeans, the denim trousers. Borrowed directly from English, it is one of the most common clothing words in everyday spoken Persian and needs no translation for most Iranians.
کمربند
کمربند (kamarband) means belt. A pure Persian compound of کمر (waist) and بند (strap), it covers everything from a simple leather belt to a car seatbelt to a decorative sash.
دامن
دامن (dâman) means skirt. A pure Persian word with ancient roots, it also means the hem of a garment, the lap, or the foot of a mountain, carrying a shared sense of something spread out below.
انگشتر
انگشتر (angoshtar) means finger ring. A pure Persian word derived from انگشت (finger), it covers all types of rings worn on the hand, from plain bands to ornate gemstone pieces.