What it means
تخممرغپز (tokhmmorgh-paz) is a small kitchen appliance that cooks eggs using steam, typically producing soft-boiled, medium-boiled, or hard-boiled eggs simultaneously in a tray. The word is built entirely from native Persian parts: تخم (tokhm) means seed or egg, مرغ (morgh) means bird or chicken, and پز (paz) is the contracted form of the verb پختن (pokhtan), to cook. The full compound therefore means, literally, “chicken-egg cooker.” The everyday word for a boiled egg is تخممرغ آبپز (tokhmmorgh-e âbpaz), which uses the same پز root.
How to use it
- تخممرغپز رو پریز زدی؟ (tokhmmorgh-paz ro pariz zadi?) “Have you plugged in the egg cooker?”
- با این تخممرغپز هم زردهای هم عسلی درمیاد. (bâ in tokhmmorgh-paz ham zarde-i ham asali dar miyâd.) “With this egg cooker you can get both hard-boiled and soft-boiled.”
- تخممرغپز سهتا تخم جا داره. (tokhmmorgh-paz se-tâ tokhm jâ dâre.) “The egg cooker fits three eggs.”
- صبحونه رو با تخممرغپز آماده کن. (sobhune ro bâ tokhmmorgh-paz âmâde kon.) “Get breakfast ready with the egg cooker.”
Cultural note
A traditional Iranian breakfast (sobhâne) often includes a boiled egg alongside bread, butter, jam, and tea, so egg-cooking appliances fit naturally into the morning kitchen routine. In most Iranian homes, eggs are still boiled in a saucepan on the stove, and the dedicated تخممرغپز is a relatively recent addition to the kitchen. The compound-building pattern used here, noun plus the paz suffix, is highly productive in Persian: قابلمهپز (pot cooker), برنجپز (rice cooker), and ذرتپز (corn cooker) all follow the same logic.