از داخل
“از داخل” (az dâkhel) — from inside in Persian. Adverb, level A1, topic — basic words. Dakhel is the interior; az supplies "from". Darb az dakhel ghofl ast — the door is locked from within. In a live sentence: “درب از داخل قفل است” — The door is locked from inside. Written with the characters ا, ز, د, ا, خ, ل. One of 316 words in the set “basic words” in the Persian course.
In short
| Written in Persian | از داخل |
| Read in Latin letters | az dâkhel |
| Translation | from inside |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Dakhel is the interior; az supplies "from". Darb az dakhel ghofl ast — the door is locked from within
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.
- درب از داخل قفل استdârv az dâkhel gâfl astThe door is locked from inside
Nearby words: basic words
Yes, no, good, bad, very. The small change of a language — and no sentence assembles without it.
- بلهbaleyesShort and firm. Conversation loves to double it — bale, bale — the way English says "yes, yes, of course"
- نهnenoOne syllable, said with a falling tone. The soft refusal is na, mersi — the same shrug as "no, thanks"
- خوبkhubwellOne syllable that answers half the small talk of the course. Khubam — I am well — is khub with the ending -am stuck on
- بدbadbadThree letters, the plain opposite of khub. On "how are you?" people rarely say it flat out — politeness answers bad nist, not bad
- عالیâligreatFrom a root meaning height and loftiness. As an answer it outbids khubam: everything is top-notch — food, views, mood
- خوبمkhubamI am wellLiterally "well-I": the link verb -am glues straight onto the word, no separate "am" needed. The full answer runs khubam, mamnun
- همhamtooThe quiet "also" that follows the word it copies: man ham — me too. Never stands first in the sentence
- بایدbâyadmustObligation with no personal ending at all: bayad beram — [it is necessary that] I go. Whoever must, the verb ending says it
- باbawithThe companion preposition: cha ba shir — tea with milk. Before a word starting with a vowel it wears down to bo
- درdarin / atThe preposition of being inside: dar Tehran — in Tehran. It also opens the door, dar-e khane — the house door
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “basic words”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “from inside” in Persian?
Dakhel is the interior; az supplies "from". Darb az dakhel ghofl ast — the door is locked from within
- How do you say “too” in Persian?
The quiet "also" that follows the word it copies: man ham — me too. Never stands first in the sentence
- How do you say “well” in Persian?
One syllable that answers half the small talk of the course. Khubam — I am well — is khub with the ending -am stuck on
- How do you say “in / at” in Persian?
The preposition of being inside: dar Tehran — in Tehran. It also opens the door, dar-e khane — the house door
- How do you say “I am well” in Persian?
Literally "well-I": the link verb -am glues straight onto the word, no separate "am" needed. The full answer runs khubam, mamnun
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 “from inside” in Persian?
«از داخل», read “az dâkhel”. In a live sentence: “درب از داخل قفل است” — The door is locked from inside. Adverb, level A1, from the set “basic words”; written with the characters ا, ز, د, ا, خ, ل.
How is “از داخل” written in Latin letters?
az dâkhel. 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?
Dakhel is the interior; az supplies "from". Darb az dakhel ghofl ast — the door is locked from within. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.