نیمه شب
نیمه شب (nimeh-ye shab) means midnight in Persian. A pure Persian compound of nimeh (half) and shab (night), it is the standard neutral term for the middle of the night.
Glossary
پسین
پسین (pesin) is a literary and archaic Persian word for afternoon. Of pure Persian origin from Middle Persian pasên, it is rarely used in everyday speech but appears in formal and classical texts.
بامداد
بامداد (bamdad) is a literary Persian word for dawn or early morning. Of pure Persian origin, it appears in classical poetry and elevated prose but rarely in everyday spoken Farsi.
نیمروز
نیمروز (nimruz) means noon or midday in Persian. A pure Persian compound of nim (half) and ruz (day), it is the standard neutral word for the middle of the day.
جمعه
جمعه (jom’eh) means Friday in Persian. Borrowed from Arabic jum’ah, it carries the sense of gathering and is the weekly day of communal prayer in the Islamic calendar.
پنجشنبه
پنجشنبه (panj-shanbeh) means Thursday, literally “five-shanbeh,” the fifth day after Saturday. In Iran, Thursday afternoon marks the start of the weekend, making it the gateway to جمعه, the day off.
چهارشنبه
چهارشنبه (chahâr-shanbeh) means Wednesday, literally “four-shanbeh,” the fourth day after Saturday. Famous for Chaharshanbe Suri, the pre-Nowruz fire festival held on the last Wednesday eve of the Persian year.
سهشنبه
سهشنبه (seh-shanbeh) means Tuesday, literally “three-shanbeh,” the third day after Saturday. It combines the pure Persian number سه with the Aramaic-derived شنبه.
دوشنبه
دوشنبه (do-shanbeh) means Monday, literally “two-shanbeh,” the second day after Saturday. It pairs the pure Persian number دو with the Aramaic-derived شنبه.
یکشنبه
یکشنبه (yek-shanbeh) means Sunday, literally “one-shanbeh,” the first day after Saturday. It combines the pure Persian number یک with the Aramaic root شنبه.