آب شدن یخها
“آب شدن یخها” (âb shâdan yâchkhâ) — melting of the ice, ice melt in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to become water, of the ices": in spring about the mountains, in the news about the poles. The ice — and the freezer is the same word. The melting of the ice begins in spring, says the example. In a live sentence: “آب شدن یخها در بهار شروع میشود.” — The melting of the ice begins in spring.
In short
| Written in Persian | آب شدن یخها |
| Read in Latin letters | âb shâdan yâchkhâ |
| Translation | melting of the ice, ice melt |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to become water, of the ices": in spring about the mountains, in the news about the poles. The ice — and the freezer is the same word. The melting of the ice begins in spring, says the example
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- آب شدن یخها در بهار شروع میشود.âb shâdan yâchkhâ dar bahâr shuru' mi-shâvad.The melting of the ice begins in spring.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “melting of the ice, ice melt” in Persian?
«آب شدن یخها», read “âb shâdan yâchkhâ”. In a live sentence: “آب شدن یخها در بهار شروع میشود.” — The melting of the ice begins in spring. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters آ, ب, ش, د, ن, ی, خ, ه, ا.
How is “آب شدن یخها” written in Latin letters?
âb shâdan yâchkhâ. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "to become water, of the ices": in spring about the mountains, in the news about the poles. The ice — and the freezer is the same word. The melting of the ice begins in spring, says the example. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.