محتاط
محتاط (mohtât) means cautious, careful, or prudent. An Arabic loanword that sits comfortably in everyday Persian, it describes someone who thinks before acting and avoids unnecessary risk.
Glossary
غلط
غلط (ghalat) means wrong, incorrect, or mistaken. Borrowed from Arabic, it is one of the most common A1-level words in Persian and is used freely across all registers, from schoolrooms to street arguments.
دوربین
دوربین (dur-bin) means far-sighted as an adjective and is the everyday Persian word for binoculars or camera as a noun. Both meanings come from the same pure Persian roots: dur (far) and bin (seeing).
نزدیکبین
نزدیکبین (nazdik-bin) means short-sighted or myopic, both literally in the medical sense and figuratively for someone who cannot see beyond the immediate moment.
نفیس
نفیس (nafis) means exquisite, precious, or of high quality. Borrowed from Arabic, it appears in formal Persian to describe rare objects, refined taste, and things of great value.
گران
گران (gerân) means expensive, heavy, or precious in Persian. A pure-Persian adjective from Middle Persian grân, it covers high price and great weight, and historically meant dear or of great value.
ارزان
ارزان (arzân) means cheap or inexpensive in Persian. A pure-Persian adjective from Middle Persian arzân, it is one of the first price-related words learned and appears constantly in markets and everyday conversation.
خام
خام (khâm) means raw, uncooked, or naïve in Persian. A pure-Persian adjective from Middle Persian, it describes both unprocessed food and someone who lacks experience or maturity.
تنها
تنها (tanhâ) means alone, lonely, or only in Persian. A pure-Persian word from Middle Persian, it works as both an adjective and an adverb, covering solitude and exclusivity in everyday speech.
پر
پر (por) means full, full of, or plentiful in Persian. A pure-Persian adjective from Avestan and Middle Persian, it also functions as a productive prefix forming dozens of compound words.