بی ادبی
bi-adabi is rudeness, the abstract quality of having no manners. Formed from bi-adab plus the abstract suffix -i.
Glossary
بی ادب
bi-adab means rude, mannerless. The bi- prefix (without) is one of the most productive negation patterns in Persian.
ادب کردن
adab-kardan does not mean to be polite. It means to discipline, often a child, sometimes with force. The word has a hard edge.
فروتنی
forutani is the Persian-rooted word for modesty, built from foru (below) plus tan (self). The native twin of Arabic tavazo.
تواضع
tavazo is the Arabic word for humility, the gracious lowering of oneself in the presence of others. Its Persian-rooted twin is forutani.
غرور
ghorour means pride, but the same word covers honest pride in your country and toxic arrogance toward your neighbor. Context decides.
کوچکی
kuchaki is smallness as a moral quality: pettiness, but also humility before someone you respect. The opposite of bozorgi.
بزرگی
bozorgi means greatness as a moral quality, the magnanimity of letting things slide, forgiving, rising above. The opposite of kuchaki.
بزرگ تر
bozorgtar means the elder, the senior of the room, the person you stand up for and serve first in Iranian family life.
میهمان
Mihman is the Iranian guest, a role with obligations English does not name. The guest receives, but the guest also performs.