مهرگان
مهرگان (mehregân) is one of the oldest Iranian festivals, honoring Mithra (Mehr), the Zoroastrian divinity of light and covenants. It falls on the 16th of the month of Mehr in early autumn.
Glossary
تیرگان
تیرگان (tirgân) is an ancient Iranian water festival celebrated on the 13th of Tir. People splash water, tie rainbow bands on their wrists, and recall the legend of Arash the Archer.
شب یلدا
شب یلدا (shab-e yaldâ) is the Iranian winter solstice celebration on the longest night of the year. Families gather, eat pomegranates and watermelon, and read Hafez poetry together.
سیزدهبهدر
سیزدهبهدر (sizdah-be-dar) is the Iranian Nature Day on the 13th of Farvardin, the final day of Nowruz. Families picnic outdoors and toss sprouted greens into running water.
تا کنون
تا کنون (tâ konun) means “until now” or “so far” in Persian. It marks everything that has happened up to the present moment, used in both spoken and written Farsi.
بعد از
بعد از (ba’d az) means “after” or “following.” It pairs Arabic بعد (ba’d, “after”) with native Persian از (az, “from”), creating the most common Persian phrase for expressing what comes next in time.
قبل از
قبل از (qabl az) means “before” or “prior to.” It combines Arabic قبل (qabl, “before”) with the native Persian preposition از (az, “from”), making it a mixed-origin phrase used constantly in everyday Persian.
دقیقه
دقیقه (daqiqeh) means “minute,” the sixty-second unit of time. Borrowed from Arabic دقيقة, meaning “fine” or “precise,” it is one of the first time words A1 Persian learners encounter.
ثانیه
ثانیه (sâniyeh) means “second” as a unit of time. Borrowed from Arabic ثانية (thâniya), it is the shortest standard time unit you will hear in everyday Persian speech.
لحظه
لحظه (lahzeh) means a moment or instant in Persian. Borrowed from Arabic lahzah, it is one of the most common Persian words for a brief span of time and is neutral in register.