مفصل
مفصل (mafsal) means a joint in the body, like the knee or elbow where two bones meet and bend. It is the clinical word doctors use, borrowed from Arabic.
Glossary
عصب
عصب (asab) means “nerve” in Persian, the body’s signal-carrying fibers. The word is Arabic in origin, and its plural form اعصاب also stands for a person’s temper or composure.
رگ
رگ (rag) means a vein or blood vessel, the tubes that carry blood through the body. It is also used in everyday speech for nerves, mood, and a streak in someone’s character.
ماهیچه
ماهیچه (mâhiche) is the everyday Persian word for muscle. It is the casual term you hear in daily life, while the formal, clinical word is عضله (azole).
عضله
عضله (azole) means “muscle” in Persian. It is an Arabic loanword used in both everyday and medical speech, alongside the native Persian word ماهیچه (mahiche).
استخوان
استخوان (ostokhân) means “bone” in Persian. It is a native Iranian word used for the hard parts of the body and, by extension, for someone being very thin.
روده
روده (rude) is the Persian word for the intestine or gut. It is a native body-part term used in everyday speech, in medical talk, and in a famous idiom about being long-winded.
ریه
ریه (riye) means “lung,” the organ you breathe with. It is the standard, slightly clinical word, while شش (shosh) is the more colloquial everyday term for the same organ.
کلیه
کلیه (kolye) means “kidney” in Persian. It is an Arabic loanword and the standard, neutral term used in medicine and everyday health talk.
کبد
کبد (kabed) is the formal, medical word for the liver in Persian, borrowed from Arabic. In everyday speech people usually say جگر (jegar) instead.