کتابدار
کتابدار (ketâb-dâr) means librarian in Persian. The word pairs the Arabic loanword ketâb (book) with the native Persian suffix -dâr (keeper, holder), making it a mixed-origin compound used in everyday Iranian life.
Glossary
آزمایشگاه
آزمایشگاه (âzmâyeshgâh) means “laboratory” in Persian. It is a fully native Persian compound built from âzmâyesh (test, experiment) and the place-suffix gâh, with no Arabic or foreign root.
فراغت
فراغت (ferâghat) is a formal Persian word borrowed from Arabic, meaning both “graduation” and “free time” depending on context. It appears most in academic and literary registers.
تعطیلی درسی
تعطیلی درسی (ta’tili-ye darsi) means “school holiday” or “academic break” in Persian. Ta’til comes from Arabic, while darsi is the adjectival form of the Arabic word dars.
جدول درسی
جدول درسی (jadval-e darsi) means “class schedule” or “timetable” in Persian. Both components are Arabic in origin: jadval from Arabic jadwal, and darsi from Arabic dars.
نیمسال
نیمسال (nimsâl) means “semester” in Iranian academic Persian, literally “half-year.” Both parts, nim (half) and sâl (year), are native Persian words.
واحد درسی
واحد درسی (vâhed-e darsi) is the Persian term for an academic credit unit, the measure universities use to count a student’s course load each semester.
درسی اختیاری
درس اختیاری (dars-e ekhtiyâri) means an elective course, a subject a student chooses freely rather than being required to take. Both components come from Arabic, making this a fully Arabic-rooted academic phrase.
خوابگاه
خوابگاه (khâbgâh) means a dormitory or student residence. It is a pure-Persian compound of khâb (sleep) and gâh (place), and is the standard word for university housing across Iran.
دانشکده
دانشکده (dâneshkadeh) means a faculty or school within a university. It is a pure-Persian compound of dânesh (knowledge) and kadeh (place), coined as part of Iran’s early 20th-century academic vocabulary reform.