دیوانه
دیوانه (divâne) means crazy, mad, or insane in Persian. دیوانه شدن means to go crazy and دیوانه کردن means to drive someone crazy. The word is built on the Old Iranian word for demon.
Glossary
یواش
یواش (yavâsh) means slow, slowly, or quietly in colloquial Persian, borrowed from Turkish yavaş. یواش یواش means little by little or at a very gentle pace.
اتفاق
اتفاق (etefâgh) means event, incident, or happening in Persian. اتفاق افتادن means to happen or to occur, and چه اتفاقی افتاد means what happened.
یاد
یاد (yâd) means memory or remembrance in Persian, a pure native word. یاد گرفتن means to learn, یاد دادن means to teach, and یادم میاد means I remember.
اصرار
اصرار (esrâr) means insistence or persistence in Persian, from Arabic. اصرار کردن means to insist on something, and اصرار داشتن means to keep pressing or to be persistent.
رحم
رحم (rahm) means mercy or compassion in Persian, from Arabic. رحم کردن means to show mercy, and بیرحم means merciless. The word carries moral and emotional weight across registers.
دعا
دعا (do’â) means prayer or supplication in Persian, borrowed from Arabic. دعا کردن means to pray or to wish someone well, and the word carries warmth in everyday Iranian speech.
طوری
طوری (turi) means in such a way, so (that), or somehow in colloquial Persian. It builds on the Arabic loanword طور (tur, manner) with a Persian adverbial suffix.
مسئله
مسئله (mas’ale) is the everyday Persian word for a problem, issue, or matter, borrowed from Arabic. It covers everything from a math problem in school to a serious personal difficulty.
ماجرا
ماجرا (mâjara) means story, adventure, or the whole affair in Persian, borrowed from Arabic, heard in colloquial questions like mâjara chiye (what’s the story?) when someone wants the full account.