Glossary

درمان خانگی

درمان خانگی (darmân-e khânegi) means a home remedy or at-home treatment. Both components are native Persian, and the phrase is widely used for folk cures and self-care practices passed down through families.

ترک سیگار

ترک سیگار (tark-e sigâr) means quitting smoking or smoking cessation. It combines an Arabic-root verb noun with a European loanword, making it a cross-origin compound common in health and medical contexts.

سیگاری

سیگاری (sigâri) describes someone who smokes regularly or is addicted to cigarettes. The root سیگار entered Persian from French, making this a European loanword with a Persian adjectival suffix.

بیهوش کردن

بیهوش کردن (bihoush kardan) means to anaesthetise or to render unconscious medically in Persian. بی is a Persian privative prefix, هوش is native Persian, and کردن is pure Persian. Formal register.

تنگ نفس

تنگ نفس (tang-nafas) means shortness of breath or breathlessness in Persian. تنگ is pure Persian; نفس is from Arabic. Common in both neutral everyday and medical speech.

سنگ صفرا

سنگ صفرا (sang-e safrâ) means gallstones or bile-duct stones in Persian. The word سنگ is pure Persian; صفرا is from Arabic. Used in formal medical contexts at B2 level.

التهاب ریه

التهاب ریه (eltehâb-e riye) means pneumonia or lung inflammation in Persian. The first element is Arabic; the second is native Persian. Used in formal medical contexts.

افسردگی بالینی

افسردگی بالینی (afsordegi-ye bâlini) means clinical depression in Persian. Both elements are native Persian in origin. Used in medical and neutral everyday contexts.

مسمومیت غذایی

مسمومیت غذایی (masmumiyat-e ghazâyi) means food poisoning in Persian. Both components come from Arabic roots and the phrase is used in everyday neutral speech.

خونریزی

خونریزی (khunrizi) is a native Persian compound of خون (blood) and ریزی (flowing, from ریختن). It means bleeding or haemorrhage, from minor cuts to serious internal blood loss.

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