آرایشگاه
آرایشگاه (ârâyeshgâh) means a hair salon or barbershop. Formed from the pure Persian root ârâyesh (adornment, grooming) and the place suffix gâh, it is an entirely native Persian compound.
Glossary
کتابفروشی
کتابفروشی (ketâb-forushi) means a bookshop. It is a compound of the Arabic-origin word ketâb (book) and the Persian suffix forushi (selling), making it a mixed-origin word.
سوپرمارکت
سوپرمارکت (supermârket) means a supermarket or grocery store. Borrowed directly from English, it is used across Iran for any self-service shop selling food and household goods.
ویترین
ویترین (vitrin) means a shop window or display case. Borrowed directly from French “vitrine”, it is one of many French loanwords that entered Persian during the late Qajar and Pahlavi eras.
کوچهپسکوچه
کوچهپسکوچه (kuche-pas-kuche) means backstreets or winding alleyways. A reduplicated Persian compound of kuche (alley) and pas (behind or after). Used colloquially for a maze of narrow urban lanes.
شهرداری
شهرداری (shahrdâri) means municipality or city hall. A purely Persian compound of shahr (city) and dâri (administration). It is the formal institution responsible for urban services and infrastructure.
مرکزشهر
مرکز شهر (markaz-e shahr) means city center or downtown. A mixed-origin compound: Arabic مرکز (center) plus Persian شهر (city). It names the commercial and civic heart of any Iranian city.
حومه
حومه (hume) means suburb or outskirts. Borrowed from Arabic, from the root ح-و-م denoting surrounding or circling. It refers to the residential fringe areas outside a city center.
راهپله
راهپله (râh-pelle) means staircase or stairwell. A purely Persian compound of râh (path) and pelle (step). It is the standard term for any fixed flight of stairs in a building.
پلهبرقی
پلهبرقی (pelle-barghi) means escalator. A compound of Persian پله (step) and Arabic-rooted برق (electricity). You will find it in every Tehran metro station and shopping mall.