Glossary

نارنجی روشن

narenji-rowshan is light orange in Persian, a compound color that shows how rowshan and tireh modify any base color into lighter or darker shades.

قهوه ای

qahveyi is the Persian word for brown, named directly after coffee through the i adjectival suffix that builds colors from objects.

بافنده

bafande is the Persian word for weaver, the artisan behind every Persian rug, kilim, and traditional textile that defines Iranian craft.

اضافه کار

ezafe-kar is the Persian word for overtime, the extra hours worked beyond the official shift and the extra pay that comes with them.

پیش پرداخت

pish-pardakht is the Persian word for down payment or advance, central to the rahn-o-ejare rental system that dominates Iranian housing.

کارمند دولت

karmand-dolat is the Persian phrase for state employee or civil servant, a category that has historically defined Iranian formal employment.

مدیرعامل

modir-amel is the Persian title for CEO or managing director, the top executive in an Iranian corporate hierarchy.

روانشناس

ravanshenas is the Persian word for psychologist, a non-medical specialist who treats through talk therapy and assessment.

روانپزشک

ravanpezeshk is the Persian word for psychiatrist, a medical doctor who treats mental illness with diagnosis and prescription.

چشم پزشک

cheshmpezeshk is the Persian word for ophthalmologist, cheshm (eye) plus pezeshk (doctor), the same body-part-plus-doctor pattern as dentist and psychiatrist.

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