کهکشان
کهکشان (kahkeshân) means galaxy, and specifically the Milky Way. A vivid pure Persian compound: kah (straw) plus keshan (pulling). The Milky Way as a river of straw dragged across the sky.
Glossary
رنگینکمان
رنگینکمان (rangin-kamân) means rainbow. The word is a pure Persian compound: rangin (colorful) plus kamân (bow). No loanword, no Arabic root.
سایه
سایه (sâye) means shade or shadow. It is a pure Persian word with roots in Middle Persian, used both for the physical patch of shade under a tree and for protection or blessing in metaphorical speech.
افق
افق (ofoq) means horizon, the line where sky meets earth or sea. Borrowed from Arabic أُفُق, it is used literally in geography and poetically in Persian literature to mean a distant prospect or limit.
غروب
غروب (ghorub) means sunset. Borrowed from Arabic غَرَبَ, to go west or to set, it is one of the most emotionally charged words in the Persian lexicon, appearing throughout poetry and daily speech.
طلوع
طلوع (tolu’) means sunrise, the moment the sun appears above the horizon. It comes from Arabic طَلَعَ, to rise or appear, and carries a poetic weight in Persian literature and daily speech.
معتدل
معتدل (mo’tadel) means mild or temperate. It is borrowed from Arabic, from the root عَدَلَ meaning to be balanced or just, and is used in formal writing about climate, diet, and character.
آبوهوا
آبوهوا (âb-o-havâ) means climate or weather in general. It pairs the pure-Persian word for water with the Arabic-origin word for air, making it a compound of two different roots.
اقلیم
اقلیم (eqlim) means climate or region. A formal B2 word borrowed from Arabic, which in turn took it from Greek klima, it is used in geography, environmental writing, and formal speech.
دما
دما (damâ) means temperature. A pure Persian technical term built from the root dam (breath, vapor), it is the standard B1 word used in weather forecasts, science, and daily conversation.