سهدری
seh-dari is the three-doored reception room of traditional Persian houses, a smaller sibling of the more prestigious panj-dari.
Glossary
پنجدری
panj-dari is the five-doored reception room of wealthy Qajar-era Persian houses, with five glass-paned doors opening onto the courtyard.
سرداب
sardab is the underground summer room of traditional Iranian houses, dug below ground level for natural cooling in the desert heat.
شاه نشین
shahneshin is the kings seat, the honored raised alcove in a traditional Persian reception room where the senior guest is placed.
ایوان
eyvan is the covered porch or vaulted hall opening onto a courtyard, a foundational element of Persian houses, mosques, and palaces.
حوضخانه
hozkhane is the indoor pond room of traditional Persian houses, designed to cool the air through evaporation during desert summers.
ارسی
orosi is the stained-glass sash window of Qajar-era Persian houses, with colored panes set in carved wooden lattice frames.
نازی
nazi is a Persian diminutive of naz meaning sweetie, a benign nickname unrelated to the unrelated English political term.
نازنین
nazanin means dear or sweet in Persian, used as a term of endearment and as one of the most common female given names.
راست گو
rast-gu means truth-teller in Persian, the moral counterpart to dorugh-gu. A native Persian compound that names a virtue Iranians respect deeply.