زاویه
زاویه (zâviye) is the Persian word for angle, borrowed from Arabic. It covers geometric angles, corners of a room, and the figurative meaning of a perspective or point of view.
Glossary
اکوسیستم
اکوسیستم (ekosistem) is a modern scientific loanword from English, itself built on Greek roots, meaning ecosystem: a community of living things and their physical environment.
چرخه آب
چرخه آب (charkhe-ye âb) is a pure Persian compound meaning the water cycle: the continuous movement of water through evaporation, clouds, rain, and rivers.
فتوسنتز
فتوسنتز (foto-sentez) is a scientific loanword built from Greek roots, meaning photosynthesis: the process by which plants convert light and carbon dioxide into food.
حیوانات
حیوانات (heyvânât) is the everyday Persian word for animals, borrowed from Arabic. You will hear it constantly, from children naming pets to scientists discussing fauna.
نباتات
نباتات (nabâtât) is an Arabic-origin collective noun for plants or flora. It appears in formal writing, botany, and scientific texts rather than everyday conversation.
طیف
طیف (teyf) comes from Arabic and means spectrum: the rainbow spread of light wavelengths, or the full range of opinions and positions on any topic.
میدان مغناطیسی
میدان مغناطیسی (meydân-e moghnâtisi) is a mixed-origin compound: میدان is Arabic (itself ultimately of Iranian origin, reborrowed via Arabic), مغناطیس is Greek (from Magnesia) via Arabic. Together they name the magnetic field in standard Persian physics.
تراکم
تراکم (tarâkom) is an Arabic loanword (root r-k-m, to pile up) meaning density, concentration, or congestion. In physics, چگالی (chegâli) is the standard term for mass density, while tarâkom covers congestion and concentration.
خلاء
خلاء (khalâ) is an Arabic loanword (root kh-l-w, emptiness) meaning vacuum or void. In modern Persian it also refers to the emptiness of outer space, distinct from فضا (fazâ) which means space more broadly.