متشکرم
متشکرم (moteshakkeram) is a formal way to say thank you in Persian, drawn from the Arabic root sh-k-r meaning to give thanks, and commonly used in polite and professional contexts.
Glossary
عصر بخیر
عصر بخیر (asr be-kheyr) means good afternoon in Persian, a fixed greeting combining the Arabic loanword for afternoon with a Persian well-wishing formula.
مرحبا
مرحبا (marhabâ) is a warm, slightly literary greeting meaning welcome or bravo in Persian, borrowed directly from classical Arabic.
کروموزوم
کروموزوم (koromozom) means chromosome in Persian. It is a scientific loanword borrowed from European languages, ultimately from Greek chroma (color) and soma (body).
گوارش
گوارش (govâresh) means digestion in Persian. It is a pure Persian word built from the verb govâridan, and it appears in both everyday speech and medical contexts.
ماده مخدر
ماده مخدر (mâdde-ye mokhader) means narcotic substance or controlled drug. Both words come from Arabic roots and the phrase is the standard formal and legal term used in Persian for illicit or controlled drugs.
نقطه جوش
نقطه جوش (noqte-ye jush) means boiling point in chemistry, but Iranians also use it figuratively for the moment a person or situation reaches its breaking point. A mixed Arabic-Persian compound.
دگرگونی
دگرگونی (degarguni) means transformation, metamorphosis, or a fundamental change of form or state. It is a formal Persian word built entirely from Persian roots and carries a sense of deep, often irreversible change.
کوه آتشفشان
کوه آتشفشان (kuh-e âtashfeshân) means volcano. Both parts of this compound are Persian: kuh means mountain and âtashfeshân means fire-spraying, making this a vivid descriptive name.
نور خورشید
نور خورشید (nur-e khorshid) means sunlight. It is a Persian compound: “nur” comes from Arabic and means light, while “khorshid” is a classical Persian word for the sun.