هجری قمری
هجری قمری (hejri-ye qamari) is Iran’s official Islamic calendar, counting years from the Prophet’s migration to Medina and following the lunar cycle. Both words are Arabic-origin.
Glossary
نمره
نمره (nomreh) means grade, score, or mark in Persian. Borrowed into Persian from Arabic نُمْرَة (numra), which in turn traces back to Latin numerus, it is the standard word for a student’s grade in Iranian schools and universities.
حفظ کردن
از بر کردن (az bar kardan) means “to memorize” or “to learn by heart” in Persian. The phrase is built entirely from native Persian parts and is the everyday spoken alternative to the more formal حفظ کردن. It appears across all registers, from classroom Persian to classical poetry.
تکرار کردن
تکرار کردن (tekrâr kardan) means “to repeat” or “to review” in Persian. Tekrâr comes from Arabic تَكرَار; kardan is the pure Persian verb meaning “to do.”
تاریخ
تاریخ (târikh) means both “history” and “date” in Persian. The word comes from Arabic تَارِيخ. As a school subject it refers to the history class.
علوم طبیعی
علوم طبیعی (olum-e tabii) means “natural sciences” in Persian. Both words are Arabic: olum is the plural of elm (knowledge), and tabii means natural.
مدیریت مدرسه
مدیریت مدرسه (modiriyyat-e madrase) means “school administration” in formal Persian. Both words are from Arabic roots: مدیریت from the root دَوَرَ and مدرسه from دَرَسَ.
ورزش مدرسه
ورزش مدرسه (varzesh-e madrase) is the colloquial Persian term for PE class at school. Varzesh is pure Persian; madrase is from Arabic مَدرَسَة.
هنر مدرسه
هنر مدرسه (honar-e madrase) is the colloquial Persian term for art class as a school subject. The word honar is pure Persian; madrase comes from Arabic.
زبان خارجی
زبان خارجی (zaban-e khareji) means foreign language as a school subject. A mixed-origin compound: زبان is pure Persian, خارجی comes from Arabic. Typically refers to English in Iranian schools.