Glossary

چرا

چرا (cherâ) means why in questions, but it also pulls double duty as the spoken Persian equivalent of yes when contradicting a negative statement, a trick that catches learners off guard.

توی

توی (tuye) is the colloquial Persian preposition for inside or in, used constantly in spoken Persian where the formal equivalent توِ or در would sound stiff and bookish.

دیگر

دیگر (digar) packs four meanings into one short word: other, else, anymore, and no longer. Mastering which sense is meant in context is one of the first real tests of spoken Persian.

نازم نمیاد

What it means نازم نمیاد (nâzam nemiyâd) literally means “my nâz does not come.” It means “I am not in

شلام

What it means شلام (shalam) is a playful, baby-talk slurring of سلام (salâm, hello), with the s turning to sh.

ناناز

What it means Vulgar, dual meaning. ناناز (nânâz) has two senses that coexist. In adult slang it is a crude

حاج‌آقا مسالتون

What it means حاج‌آقا مسالتون (hâj-âghâ masâlton, properly مسئلتون) is a meme catchphrase from the 2004 film مارمولک (The Lizard).

تکرگل

What it means تکرگل (tekargol) means dressed up, spruced up, looking fresh and sharp. It is a casual social-media compression

کوسخل

What it means Vulgar. کوسخل (koskhol) is a crude insult meaning idiot, dumbass, or fool, someone who does something senseless.

نوکرم

What it means نوکرم (nokaram) literally means “I am your servant” (نوکر servant + ـم “I am”). In the ta’arof

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