شکستگی
شکستگی (shekastegi) means fracture or break, used for broken bones and cracked objects alike. A core B1 medical word built from the pure Persian verb shekastan.
Glossary
سوختگی
سوختگی (sukhtegi) means a burn injury, derived from the pure Persian verb سوختن meaning to burn. A neutral, everyday medical term used at B1 level.
چسب زخم
چسب زخم (chasb-e zakhm) means adhesive bandage or plaster. It combines two pure Persian words: chasb (glue, adhesive) and zakhm (wound), both of Iranian origin, making this an everyday compound at B1 level.
کمکهای اولیه
کمکهای اولیه (komak-hâ-ye avvaliye) means first aid, a compound of Turkic komak (help) and Arabic avvaliye (primary). Used in neutral everyday and medical contexts at B1 level.
پریود
پریود (periyod) is the everyday colloquial word for the menstrual period, borrowed from French période or English period. It is the most common term among Iranians in casual speech at B1 level.
قاعدگی
قاعدگی (qâ’edegi) is the formal Persian word for menstruation, built on the Arabic root قاعده meaning base or cycle. Used in medical and written contexts at B2 level.
سقط جنین
سقط جنین (seqt-e janin) means miscarriage or abortion. Both words are Arabic loanwords: seqt means dropping or falling, and janin means fetus. The phrase covers both spontaneous and induced pregnancy loss.
زایمان
زایمان (zâymân) means childbirth or delivery. It is a pure-Persian noun from the root zây- (to give birth), and is the standard clinical and everyday term for the act of giving birth.
بارداری
بارداری (bârdâri) means pregnancy. It is a pure-Persian noun built from bâr (load, burden) plus the suffix -dâri (carrying, holding), and appears in both formal writing and everyday speech.
حامله
حامله (hâmele) means pregnant. It is an Arabic loanword widely used in everyday spoken Persian, though the pure-Persian alternative bârdâr is also common in both speech and writing.