گریه
Gerye means crying or weeping. Pure-Persian A1 vocabulary, the emotional counterweight to khande (laughter), and culturally important in mourning rituals like Muharram.
Glossary
خنده
Khande means laughter or a smile. Pure-Persian A1 vocabulary, paired culturally and grammatically with gerye (crying) as the two poles of human emotion.
غصه
Ghosse means sorrow, grief, or worry that sits heavy on the heart. A2 vocabulary, used for both passing sadness and the longer ache of life troubles.
دلتنگ
Deltang means longing or missing someone deeply. A pure-Persian compound (del + tang, “narrow-hearted”) that captures one of the most-used emotional states in Iranian poetry and daily speech.
بای
Bây is the casual Persian borrowing of English “bye,” used among young urban speakers. A1 colloquial vocabulary, signals quick informal goodbyes in chat and speech.
اوکی
Owki is an alternative spelling of “OK” in Persian, less common than اکی but widely understood. A1 colloquial vocabulary used in texting and casual speech.
اکی
Oki is the colloquial Persian spelling of “OK,” used in texting and casual speech. A1 vocabulary, signals breezy agreement among friends and younger speakers.
ساندویچ
Sândevich is the Persian pronunciation of “sandwich,” a borrowed word fully embedded in everyday food vocabulary. A1 level, used for everything from kalbâs rolls to fast-food chicken.
پیتزا
Pitzâ is the Persian pronunciation of “pizza,” written phonetically in Persian script. A1 vocabulary, fully naturalized into modern Iranian food culture since the 1990s.
پری
Pari means “fairy,” and by extension a person of striking beauty. B1 poetic vocabulary rooted in pre-Islamic Iranian myth, alive in Hafez, Ferdowsi, modern song, and as a common girl’s name.