قفل
قفل (qofl) means “lock” or “padlock,” the device you use to secure a door, gate, or suitcase. It covers both the built-in lock and the separate padlock you click shut.
Glossary
کلید
کلید (kelid) is the everyday Persian word for “key,” the kind you use to lock and unlock a door. The same word also means the “switch” you press to turn a light on or off.
بخاری
بخاری (bokhâri) is the Persian word for a heater or heating stove, the appliance that warms a room in winter. In many Iranian homes it means a wall-mounted gas heater.
کولر
کولر (kuler) is the everyday Persian word for an air cooler, borrowed from English. On its own it usually means the water-fed evaporative cooler, while کولر گازی is the AC unit.
پنکه
پنکه (panke) is the everyday Persian word for an electric fan, the standing or table machine that pushes air around a room to cool you down on a hot day.
سشوار
سشوار (seshvâr) is the everyday Persian word for a hairdryer, borrowed from French. You will hear it in any home, salon, or bathroom across Iran.
اتو
اتو (otu) is the everyday Persian word for a clothes iron, the appliance you heat up to press wrinkles out of fabric. The same word also names the sharp crease ironed into trousers.
جارو
جارو (jâru) means “broom,” the everyday tool for sweeping floors and dust in an Iranian home. To name the act itself, you say جارو کردن (jâru kardan), “to sweep.”
جاروبرقی
جاروبرقی (jâru-barqi) is the everyday Persian word for “vacuum cleaner,” literally an “electric broom,” the machine you push around the carpets to suck up dust.
لباسشویی
لباسشویی (lebâs-shui) means “washing machine,” the appliance that washes your clothes. It is a Persian compound and a standard fixture in any modern Iranian home.