Glossary

مهربان

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مهربان (mehrabân) means “kind, loving”. Pure Persian, derived from مهر (mehr, “love, sun, kindness”).

قسمت

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قسمت (qesmat) means “fate, share, portion”. The Iranian word for “what was meant to be”.

تعارف زدن

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تعارف زدن (tâ’arof zadan) means “to insist with politeness”. The active verb of Iranian ritual courtesy.

غیرت

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غیرت (gheyrat) means “honor, protective zeal”. Arabic-origin code of male protectiveness in Iranian culture.

آبرو

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آبرو (âberu) means “social face, dignity, honor”. Pure Persian, indispensable for Iranian social logic.

روح

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روح (ruh) means “soul, spirit”. Arabic loanword central to Islamic and mystical Persian discourse.

جان

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جان (jân) means “life, soul”, also “dear”. The most affectionate suffix in Persian.

اندیشه

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اندیشه (andishe) means “thought”, the Pure Persian alternative to Arabic فکر, used in formal Persian.

فکر

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فکر (fekr) means “thought, idea”. Arabic loanword. Pure Persian alt: اندیشه (andishe).

حس

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حس (hess) means “feeling, sense”. Arabic loanword central to emotional and sensory vocabulary.

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