گوشی هوشمند
گوشی هوشمند (gushi-ye hushmand) means smartphone. Both parts of the phrase are native Persian, making it a rare fully Persian name for a modern piece of technology.
Glossary
لپتاپ
لپتاپ (lâptâp) is a direct borrowing from English into Persian. It refers to a portable personal computer and is the standard word used across all registers in Iran today.
خلبان
خلبان (khalabân) means pilot, the person who flies an aircraft. It is a modern Persian coinage from the twentieth-century Persian language-purism era, built from two native Persian elements: خله (xale, helm or oar) and بان (-bân, keeper or guardian).
بیکار
بیکار (bikâr) means unemployed or idle in Persian. A native Persian compound of بی (without) and کار (work), widely used in colloquial speech to describe someone out of work or simply doing nothing.
سرپرست
سرپرست (sarparast) means supervisor or guardian in Persian. A native Persian compound of سر (head) and پرست (caretaker), used in both professional and legal contexts to describe one who oversees or is responsible for another.
فراش
فراش (ferrâsh) is an Arabic loanword meaning office attendant or janitor in formal Persian. The word entered Persian from Arabic and remains in use in formal and bureaucratic registers today.
درمانگر
درمانگر (darmângar) means therapist or healer in Persian. A pure Persian compound built from درمان (treatment) and the agentive suffix گر, used in both clinical and traditional healing contexts.
محاسب
محاسب (mohâseb) means auditor or reckoner in Persian, borrowed from Arabic. It is a formal C1-level term used in accounting, finance, and official auditing contexts, rarely heard in casual everyday speech.
مترجم
مترجم (motarjem) means translator or interpreter in Persian, borrowed from Arabic. It covers both written translation and live interpreting, and is the standard neutral term across all registers at B1 level.
فرمانده
فرمانده (farmânde) means commander or commanding officer in Persian. A pure Persian formation from farmân (command) plus the agent suffix -deh, it is used in both military contexts and everyday leadership language.