از نو شروع کردن
“از نو شروع کردن” (az nâv shuru' kân) — to start over, start afresh in Persian. Phrase, level B1. The anew: "from anew" — from zero. People say the again too, but this one sounds more resolute. After the breakdown I started over, says the example. In a live sentence: “بعد از خرابی از نو شروع کردم.” — After the breakdown I started over. Written with the characters ا, ز, ن, و, ش, ر, و, ع, ک, ر, د, ن.
In short
| Written in Persian | از نو شروع کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | az nâv shuru' kân |
| Translation | to start over, start afresh |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The anew: "from anew" — from zero. People say the again too, but this one sounds more resolute. After the breakdown I started over, 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.
- بعد از خرابی از نو شروع کردم.ba'd az khârâbi az nâv shuru' kardam.After the breakdown I started over.
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 “to start over, start afresh” in Persian?
«از نو شروع کردن», read “az nâv shuru' kân”. In a live sentence: “بعد از خرابی از نو شروع کردم.” — After the breakdown I started over. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ا, ز, ن, و, ش, ر, و, ع, ک, ر, د, ن.
How is “از نو شروع کردن” written in Latin letters?
az nâv shuru' kân. 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?
The anew: "from anew" — from zero. People say the again too, but this one sounds more resolute. After the breakdown I started over, 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.