بخیه
بخیه (bakhye) means stitch or suture in Persian. From Arabic bakhya meaning sewing. The verb بخیه زدن (bakhye zadan) means to stitch a wound and is used in clinics and homes alike.
Glossary
جراح
جراح (jarrâh) means surgeon in Persian. From Arabic, built on the root j-r-h meaning wound. The agent noun form names the person who works with wounds. Related to جراحی (surgery).
عمل جراحی
عمل جراحی (amal-e jarrâhi) means surgery or surgical operation. Both parts are Arabic: amal means act, and jarrâhi derives from jarrâh (surgeon), rooted in jurh (wound).
نوبت
نوبت (nobat) means appointment or turn in Persian. From Arabic nawba meaning a rotation or shift. Used for clinic appointments and queue turns throughout Iranian daily life.
معاینه
معاینه (mo’ayene) means medical examination in Persian. From Arabic, built on the root for “eye,” capturing the idea of a doctor closely observing and checking a patient.
تشخیص
تشخیص (tashkhis) means diagnosis in Persian. From Arabic, built on the root sh-kh-s meaning to distinguish or identify. Used in medicine and everyday life for any act of identifying or recognizing something.
نسخه
نسخه (noskhe) means prescription in Persian. From Arabic nuskha meaning a copy or written document. Also used outside medicine for recipes and written copies.
زخم
زخم (zakhm) is a pure Persian word meaning wound or sore, tracing back to Middle Persian. It covers everything from a small cut to a deep injury, and carries metaphorical weight in poetry too.
تورم
تورم (tavarrom) means swelling in Persian. Borrowed from Arabic, form-V masdar of root w-r-m. Used in formal medical contexts to describe inflammation or tissue swelling.
یبوست
یبوست (yobusat) means constipation in Persian. Borrowed from Arabic yubusa, meaning dryness. A common complaint at the pharmacy and a condition every doctor will ask about.