Glossary

فروختن

فروختن (forukhtan) means “to sell.” Native Persian verb, partner of خریدن (to buy).

خریدن

خریدن (kharidan) means “to buy.” Native Persian verb central to commerce vocabulary.

فهمیدن

فهمیدن (fahmidan) means “to understand.” Persian verb built on Arabic root فهم.

شنیدن

شنیدن (shenidan) means “to hear.” Persian verb, distinct from گوش دادن “to listen.”

خواندن

خواندن (khândan) means “to read” and “to sing.” Polysemous Persian verb for both reading and singing.

نوشتن

نوشتن (neveshtan) means “to write.” Native Persian verb foundational to learning, work, and culture.

پارک

پارک (pârk) means “park.” English/French loanword used universally in Persian for both city parks and parking.

قبل

قبل (qabl) means “before.” Arabic-origin temporal preposition/adverb, paired with بعد.

بعد

بعد (ba’d) means “after, later.” Arabic-origin adverb of time, paired with قبل.

همیشه

همیشه (hamishe) means “always.” Native Persian adverb of frequency.

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