آروم باش
“آروم باش” (ârum bâsh) — calm down in Persian. Phrase, level A2. Literally "be calm". Calm is the same word for the sea, the street and a person. Calm down, all is well, says the example. In a live sentence: “آروم باش, همه چیز خوبه” — Calm down, everything is fine. Written with the characters آ, ر, و, م, ب, ا, ش. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Persian | آروم باش |
| Read in Latin letters | ârum bâsh |
| Translation | calm down |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "be calm". Calm is the same word for the sea, the street and a person. Calm down, all is well, 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.
- آروم باش, همه چیز خوبهârum bâsh, hame chiz khubeCalm down, everything is fine
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 “calm down” in Persian?
«آروم باش», read “ârum bâsh”. In a live sentence: “آروم باش, همه چیز خوبه” — Calm down, everything is fine. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters آ, ر, و, م, ب, ا, ش.
How is “آروم باش” written in Latin letters?
ârum bâsh. 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 "be calm". Calm is the same word for the sea, the street and a person. Calm down, all is well, 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.