دفاع کردن
“دفاع کردن” (dâfâ kân) — to defend in Persian. Verb, level B1. The same defense as on the football field: to defend with the voice or with a wall. One defends with the from. I defended my friend, says the example. In a live sentence: “از دوستم دفاع کردم.” — I defended my friend. Written with the characters د, ف, ا, ع, ک, ر, د, ن. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | دفاع کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | dâfâ kân |
| Translation | to defend |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same defense as on the football field: to defend with the voice or with a wall. One defends with the from. I defended my friend, 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.
- از دوستم دفاع کردم.az dustam dâfâ kardam.I defended my friend.
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 defend” in Persian?
«دفاع کردن», read “dâfâ kân”. In a live sentence: “از دوستم دفاع کردم.” — I defended my friend. Verb, level B1; written with the characters د, ف, ا, ع, ک, ر, د, ن.
How is “دفاع کردن” written in Latin letters?
dâfâ 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 same defense as on the football field: to defend with the voice or with a wall. One defends with the from. I defended my friend, 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.