Glossary

فرستادن

فرستادن (ferestâdan) is the pure Persian verb meaning to send or dispatch, one of the oldest in the language, used for messages, people, packages, and anything forwarded to a destination.

صورت

صورت (surat) is a high-frequency Arabic-origin word meaning face in everyday speech and form in formal usage, anchoring phrases like در این صورت (in that case) and به صورت (in the form of).

نجات

نجات (nejât) is the Persian word for rescue or salvation, borrowed from Arabic, and is most commonly heard in نجات دادن (to save someone) and نجات یافتن (to be saved or to escape).

خواب

خواب (khâb) is the pure Persian word for both sleep and dream, two meanings carried by one form, and it anchors common expressions like خواب دیدن (to dream) and خواب آلود (sleepy).

عادت

عادت (âdat) is the everyday Persian word for habit or custom, borrowed from Arabic, and is most often heard in عادت داشتن (to be used to something) and عادت کردن (to get used to something).

تکان

تکان (tekân) is a Persian noun meaning a shake, jolt, or movement, most commonly heard in the compounds تکان دادن (to shake something) and تکان خوردن (to be shaken or to move), borrowed from Turkic.

ادامه دادن

ادامه دادن (edâme dâdan) means to continue or carry on, combining the Arabic noun edâme (continuation) with the Persian light verb dâdan, the standard phrase for persisting.

عمل

عمل (amal) means action, deed, or surgical operation in Persian, borrowed from Arabic, forming the key compound عمل کردن (to act or to operate) used across everyday and medical contexts.

اشکالی نداشتن

اشکالی نداشتن (eshkâli nadâshtan) is the Persian expression for “it’s okay” or “no problem,” built on اشکال (a flaw, from Arabic), literally to have no flaw, used to give or ask for reassurance.

نشان دادن

نشان دادن (neshân dâdan) means to show, indicate, or demonstrate in Persian, a compound verb from نشان (sign, mark) and دادن (to give) that covers physical showing and demonstrating a skill.

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