دفتر خدمات
دفتر خدمات (daftar-e khadamât) means a service office or public services window. Both components come from Arabic, and the phrase is used to describe official windows where administrative services are provided to the public.
Glossary
بایگانی
بایگانی (bâygâni) means an archive, a filing system, or a records office. The word traces to the Old Persian root بایگان (bâygân), meaning guardian or keeper, derived from پاییدن (pâyidan, to guard or watch over).
بایگانی کردن
بایگانی کردن (bâygâni kardan) means to archive, to file away, or to shelve a case. It combines a pure Persian noun with the Persian verb kardan, and is used widely in formal and bureaucratic Persian.
پاراف
پاراف (parâf) is a formal administrative term for an initialled signature, borrowed from French “paraphe”. It refers to the abbreviated mark a person writes to approve or authenticate a document.
پیشنویس
پیشنویس (pish-nevis) means “draft” or “rough version” of a document. Entirely Persian in origin, combining پیش (before) with نویس (from نوشتن, to write).
صندلی اداری
صندلی اداری (sandali-ye edâri) means “office chair” or “desk chair.” Both components trace back through Arabic, making this a fully Arabic-origin noun phrase in Persian.
مکتوب
مکتوب (maktub) is an Arabic loanword meaning “written document” or “letter,” used in formal and literary Persian. In everyday speech Iranians say نامه (nâme) instead.
پشتمیز
پشتمیز (posht-e miz) literally means “behind a desk.” Used informally to describe someone who is desk-bound, bureaucratic, or out of touch with practical realities.
اسکن کردن
اسکن کردن (eskan kardan) means “to scan a document.” It pairs the English loanword “scan” with the Persian light verb کردن (to do), a very common pattern in modern colloquial Persian.
شناسنامه
شناسنامه (shenâsnâme) is Iran’s official identity booklet, recording name, birth date, parentage, and marital history. Every Iranian citizen carries one from birth.