منطق
manteq is logic, the discipline, the Aristotelian science that came into Persian through Arabic translations of Greek philosophy in the medieval period.
Glossary
غیرمنطقی
gheyr-manteghi means illogical or unreasonable, built with the productive gheyr- prefix that negates adjectives across Persian.
منطقی
manteghi is the adjective for logical or reasonable, what Iranians call a person, an argument, or a decision that holds together under scrutiny.
جواب
javab is the everyday word for answer, Arabic in origin but fully naturalized, the one Iranians actually use when they speak.
پاسخ
pasokh is the Pure Persian word for answer, formal and literary, the one Farhangestan pushes as the native alternative to the everyday javab.
سوال
soal means question, one of the first words you learn and one you will use every day in any Persian-speaking environment.
دلیل
dalil means reason or evidence, the word Iranians reach for when they need you to explain yourself or back up a claim.
نظر دادن
nazar dadan is the compound verb for giving an opinion, the everyday way Iranians invite you into a discussion or weigh in themselves.
نظر
nazar means opinion or view, the everyday word Iranians use when asking what you think about anything from food to politics.
بحث کردن
bahs-kardan means to discuss or argue, an A2 compound verb covering calm conversation and heated household fights alike.