گرفتگی بینی
گرفتگی بینی (gereftegi-ye bini) means a stuffy or blocked nose, the congested feeling you get with a cold or allergies. Both words are native Persian.
Glossary
آبریزش بینی
آبریزش بینی (âbrizesh-e bini) means “runny nose,” the watery discharge you get with a cold or allergies. It literally combines “water flow” with “nose.”
کف دست
کف دست (kaf-e dast) means the palm of the hand, the soft inner surface you use to hold, push, or press. It is built from kaf, meaning palm or flat underside, and dast, meaning hand.
پلک
Pelk (پلک) is the Persian word for eyelid, the fold of skin that covers and protects the eye. It is the body part you move every time you blink or close your eyes.
مچ
مچ (moch) is the joint at the wrist or ankle. Persian uses one word for both, so people add دست (dast, hand) or پا (pâ, foot) to say which one they mean.
عطسه
عطسه (atse) means “sneeze” in Persian. It is an Arabic loanword used in everyday speech for that sudden, reflexive burst of air through the nose and mouth.
سرفه
سرفه (sorfe) is the Persian word for a cough, the reflex that clears the throat or lungs. It is an Arabic loanword and pairs with کردن to mean “to cough.”
تب
تب (tab) is the Persian word for fever, the rise in body temperature that comes with illness. It is the everyday word people use at home and at the doctor’s office.
پاشنه
پاشنه (pâshne) is the Persian word for the heel, the back part of the foot below the ankle. The same word names the heel of a shoe and the pivot of a door.
مژه
مژه (mozhe) is the Persian word for eyelash, the row of fine hairs on the edge of the eyelid. It is a native Persian word, common in both everyday and poetic speech.