دروغ گو
dorugh-gu means liar in Persian. A pure-Persian noun built from the words for lie and speaker, used freely in everyday speech.
Glossary
خیانت کردن
khianat-kardan is the compound verb meaning to betray. It pairs the Arabic noun khianat with the Persian light verb kardan.
خیانت
khianat means betrayal or infidelity in Persian. The moral opposite of vafadari and a heavyweight in Iranian ethical vocabulary.
وفاداری
vafadari is the Persian word for loyalty. In Iranian marriage and friendship, it functions as a core moral axis alongside its opposite, khianat.
ناموسپرستی
namus-parasti is the cultural pattern of policing female relatives in the name of family honor. Mahsa Amini’s death exposed its extreme end.
حیا
haya means bashfulness or sense of modesty, especially in traditional self-presentation. The Arabic-origin sibling of sharm with a religious flavor.
شرم
sharm means shame in Persian, but unlike English shame it carries a positive charge. To have sharm is to have a sense of decency.
منزلت
manzelat is the literary cousin of maqam, meaning dignity and social standing. A B2 word that lives in classical writing and formal eulogy.
مقام
maqam means rank, station, or musical mode. The word covers bureaucratic position, personal dignity, and a tone in classical Persian music.
با ادب
ba-adab means well-mannered, polite. The ba- prefix (with) attaches to abstract nouns to mean possessing the quality.