مایکروویو
مایکروویو (mâykroveyv) means microwave oven. It is a direct phonetic borrowing from English “microwave” and is the standard term used in everyday spoken Persian.
Glossary
فر
فر (fer) means oven, the enclosed baking and roasting appliance. It is a loanword borrowed into Persian from French “four,” pronounced to fit Persian phonology.
اجاق گاز
اجاق گاز (ojâq-e gâz) is the everyday Persian word for a gas stove or cooker. The first part, ojâq, comes from Turkish and means hearth; gâz is borrowed from European languages.
نفسنفس زدن
نفسنفس زدن (nafas-nafas zadan) means to pant or be out of breath, the fast heavy breathing after running, climbing stairs, or any sudden burst of effort.
تنگی نفس
تنگی نفس (tangi-ye nafas) means shortness of breath, the feeling that you cannot get enough air. It is the everyday and clinical Persian term for breathlessness.
غش کردن
غش کردن (ghash kardan) means to faint or pass out. It is a compound verb that pairs the Arabic-origin word غش with the Persian light verb کردن, common in everyday spoken Persian.
ضعف
Za’f means weakness or faintness in Persian, the run-down, drained feeling when the body has no strength. It often describes low energy from hunger, illness, or low blood pressure.
لرز
لرز (larz) means the chills or shivering, the trembling of the body you feel with a fever or in the cold. It is the noun form of the native Persian verb larzidan, to tremble.
تاول
تاول (tâval) is the Persian word for a blister, the small fluid-filled bubble of skin that forms after a burn, friction, or tight shoes. It is everyday neutral vocabulary.
کبودی
کبودی (kabudi) means a bruise, the bluish or purple mark left on skin after a knock or fall. It comes from کبود (kabud), the Persian word for dark blue.