پدرزن
پدرزن (pedar-zan) means “wife’s father.” Husband’s word for his father-in-law, paired with مادرزن.
Glossary
مادرزن
مادرزن (mâdar-zan) means “wife’s mother.” The husband’s word, distinct from مادرشوهر which is the wife’s word.
پدرشوهر
پدرشوهر (pedar-shohar) means “husband’s father.” A specific relationship: the wife’s word for her husband’s dad.
مادرشوهر
مادرشوهر (mâdar-shohar) means “husband’s mother.” Persian splits in-laws by direction of marriage; English collapses them.
آبپرتقال
آبپرتقال (âb-e portoghâl) means “orange juice.” The name preserves the trade route: orange = Portugal.
طوفان
طوفان (tufân) means “storm.” A cousin of the English word “typhoon,” and a recurring image in Forough Farrokhzad’s poetry.
کویر
کویر (kavir) means “desert.” Iran’s salt desert and the hottest land surface ever measured on Earth, plus a Sohrab Sepehri poem.
جزیره
جزیره (jazire) means “island.” Iran’s Persian Gulf islands sit on the world’s most-watched oil-shipping chokepoint.
ساحل
ساحل (sâhel) means “shore” or “beach.” Arabic loanword. Iranian beach culture is mostly the Caspian coast.
جنگل
جنگل (jangal) means “forest.” Most Iranian forests are in the north: the Hyrcanian forests are UNESCO listed.