چنگال
چنگال (changâl) means “fork” in Persian. The word is native to the language, built on the root چنگ meaning claw, reflecting the fork’s prong-like shape.
Glossary
قاشق
قاشق (qâshoq) means “spoon” in Persian and was borrowed from Old Anatolian Turkic. It is one of the most common tableware words in everyday spoken Farsi.
چاقو
چاقو (châqu) is the everyday Persian word for knife, tracing back through Middle Persian to an Avestan root. It covers everything from a kitchen blade to a pocket knife.
پلوپز
پلوپز (polopaz) means rice cooker. A Persian compound of polo (cooked rice, from Sanskrit via Hindustani) and paz (cooker), it is the standard term for the electric rice cooker.
زودپز
زودپز (zudpaz) means pressure cooker. A modern Persian compound of zud (fast) and paz (cooker), it was coined to name the appliance without borrowing, and it stuck immediately.
دیگ
دیگ (dig) means a large pot or cauldron. A native Persian word descended from Middle Persian dēg, it describes the heavy, wide cooking vessel used for big batches of rice, stew, or communal feasts.
آبکش
آبکش (âbkesh) means colander or strainer. A transparent Persian compound of âb (water) and kesh (puller), it describes exactly what the tool does: it pulls the water away.
کفگیر
کفگیر (kafgir) means slotted spatula or rice paddle. A native Persian compound of kaf (foam, surface) and gir (catcher), it is the essential tool for serving rice from the pot.
ملاقه
ملاقه (malâqe) means ladle, the deep-bowled spoon used for serving soup and stew. Borrowed from Arabic مِلْعَقَة, it is the go-to word in any Iranian kitchen.
قابلمه
قابلمه (qâblame) is a pot or saucepan, the most common cooking vessel in an Iranian kitchen. The word is a loanword from Turkish and is used at every level of Persian speech.