دویدن
“دویدن” (dâvidan) — running in Persian. Noun, level A1. You ran with this word in the sport lesson; one word serves the verb and the pastime: the morning run in the park. The morning one is good for me, says the example. In a live sentence: “دویدن صبحگاهی برایم مفید است.” — The morning run is good for me. Written with the characters د, و, ی, د, ن. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Persian | دویدن |
| Read in Latin letters | dâvidan |
| Translation | running |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
You ran with this word in the sport lesson; one word serves the verb and the pastime: the morning run in the park. The morning one is good for me, 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.
- دویدن صبحگاهی برایم مفید است.dâvidane sâbhgahi barâmam mâfid ast.The morning run is good for me.
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 “running” in Persian?
«دویدن», read “dâvidan”. In a live sentence: “دویدن صبحگاهی برایم مفید است.” — The morning run is good for me. Noun, level A1; written with the characters د, و, ی, د, ن.
How is “دویدن” written in Latin letters?
dâvidan. 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?
You ran with this word in the sport lesson; one word serves the verb and the pastime: the morning run in the park. The morning one is good for me, 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.