دامپزشک
“دامپزشک” (dâm-pezeshk) — veterinarian, vet in Persian. Noun, level B1. The cattle plus the doctor: a doctor of cattle. The doctor of people is simply the doctor — so the second half of the word says at once who is treated. He treats animals, says the example. In a live sentence: “دامپزشک حیوانات را درمان میکند.” — The veterinarian treats animals. Written with the characters د, ا, م, پ, ز, ش, ک. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | دامپزشک |
| Read in Latin letters | dâm-pezeshk |
| Translation | veterinarian, vet |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The cattle plus the doctor: a doctor of cattle. The doctor of people is simply the doctor — so the second half of the word says at once who is treated. He treats animals, 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.
- دامپزشک حیوانات را درمان میکند.dâm-pezeshk hayvânât râ darman mi-kânad.The veterinarian treats animals.
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 “veterinarian, vet” in Persian?
«دامپزشک», read “dâm-pezeshk”. In a live sentence: “دامپزشک حیوانات را درمان میکند.” — The veterinarian treats animals. Noun, level B1; written with the characters د, ا, م, پ, ز, ش, ک.
How is “دامپزشک” written in Latin letters?
dâm-pezeshk. 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 cattle plus the doctor: a doctor of cattle. The doctor of people is simply the doctor — so the second half of the word says at once who is treated. He treats animals, 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.