دبیر (dabir) is the word for a high school teacher in Iran. It is among the oldest words in Persian, traced back through Middle Persian to Old Persian, where the writing-tablet element (dipi-) was itself borrowed from Elamite and ultimately Sumerian.
کلیک (kelik) is Persian for “click,” borrowed directly from English. It refers to pressing a mouse button or tapping a link, and is used across all digital contexts in everyday spoken Persian.
چاپگر (chapgar) means printer in formal Persian. It combines chap, a printing word with disputed Turkish or Hindi-Hindustani origin, with the native Persian agentive suffix gar. A2 level, neutral register.
قصاب (ghassab) means butcher in Persian. The word is borrowed from Arabic, where it comes from the root q-s-b meaning to cut or slaughter. It refers to the person who butchers and sells meat.
فروش (forush) means “sale” or “selling” in Persian. A core A2 word used in shops, markets, and business contexts across Iran, with pure Persian roots going back to the verb forukhtan.
آرایشگر (arayeshgar) means hairdresser or barber in Persian. It is a pure Persian word built from arayesh (adornment, styling) and the agent suffix gar, meaning the person who does the styling.
بداههنوازی (badâhe-navâzi) means musical improvisation in Persian. It combines the Arabic word badâhe (spontaneity) with the Persian navâzi (playing an instrument).
گیتار (gitâr) is the Persian word for guitar, borrowed directly from French guitare. Both Dehkhoda and Vajehyab mark it as French in origin. It is among the most widely played instruments in Iran today.
رباب (robâb) is a bowed or plucked lute central to Persian and Afghan classical music. The word entered Persian from Arabic rabâb, and is one of the most celebrated instruments in the classical tradition of Khorasan.
ساز (sâz) means musical instrument in Persian. It derives from the Persian root sâkhtan, meaning to make or build. It names any instrument as well as the act of readying something.
