شیر
شیر (shir) is a Persian polysemous noun meaning both “milk” and “lion.” Same spelling, two meanings.
Glossary
سیب
سیب (sib) means “apple.” Native Persian word, common A1 vocabulary, lives in compounds like سیب زمینی (potato).
بازار
بازار (bâzâr) means “market” or “bazaar.” Native Persian word that travelled into English directly.
کتابخانه
کتابخانه (ketâb-khâne) means “library.” A Persian compound built from book + house, “book house.”
کاچی به از هیچی
کاچی به از هیچی (kâchi beh az hichi) is a Persian proverb meaning “something modest is better than nothing at all.”
متشکر
متشکر (motashakker) means “thanks” in Persian. An Arabic loanword paired with the Pure Persian alternative سپاس (sepâs).
صبر کردن
صبر کردن (sabr kardan) is a Persian compound verb meaning “to wait” or “to be patient,” literally “to do patience.”
چشم
چشم (cheshm) means eye. Beyond the literal anatomy, it is also how Iranians say “yes, of course” in conversation.