Glossary

انتقال

انتقال (enteqâl) means transfer, specifically the movement of funds from one account to another. It is an Arabic-origin word from the root نقل, meaning to move or transport, in the Form VIII verbal noun pattern.

واریز

واریز (vâriz) means a deposit or credit into a bank account. The word has Middle Iranian roots related to the verb ورزیدن (to apply, to work), and was adopted into modern banking Persian to mean paying money in. Its opposite is برداشت (withdrawal).

برداشت

برداشت (bardâsht) means withdrawal: taking money out of a bank account. The word is pure Persian, built from بر (up, away) and داشت (the past stem of داشتن, to hold or take). No Arabic involved.

موجودی

موجودی (mojudi) means balance in a bank account, or stock on hand in a shop. It comes from the Arabic root وجد, meaning existence or presence. Whatever is currently there, that is your موجودی.

شبا

شبا (shabâ) is Iran’s IBAN, a 26-digit bank identifier used for formal and domestic transfers. The name is a Persian acronym for شماره بانکی ایران. The component بانک is a European loanword, making the full term mixed in origin.

شماره حساب

شماره حساب (shomâre hesâb) is your bank account number, the unique identifier the bank assigns to your account. شماره is native Persian (from شمردن, to count) while حساب comes from the Arabic root حسب.

کارت بانکی

کارت بانکی (kârt-e bânki) means bank card or debit card in Persian. Both components are European loanwords: kârt from English or French, bânki from Italian banca via French banque.

کارت به کارت

کارت به کارت (kârt be kârt) means a direct card-to-card bank transfer in Persian. Built on the English loanword kârt, it is the dominant way Iranians send money to each other through their phones.

کارت کشیدن

کارت کشیدن (kârt keshidan) means to pay by card or swipe a card in colloquial Persian. A mixed-origin compound verb combining the English loanword kârt with the pure Persian verb keshidan (to pull or draw).

خرده

خرده (khorde) means loose change or small denominations of money in colloquial Persian. A pure Persian word from the root خُرد (khord, small), it is the word you use when asking for coins or small bills.

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