دلتنگ شدن
“دلتنگ شدن” (deltang shâdan) — to miss someone in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "for the heart to become tight": the heart is "tight" without a person — there is the longing. "My heart is tight for you" means I miss you. I miss my mother, says the example. In a live sentence: “به مادرم دلتنگ شدهام” — I miss my mother. Written with the characters د, ل, ت, ن, گ, ش, د, ن. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | دلتنگ شدن |
| Read in Latin letters | deltang shâdan |
| Translation | to miss someone |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "for the heart to become tight": the heart is "tight" without a person — there is the longing. "My heart is tight for you" means I miss you. I miss my mother, 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.
- به مادرم دلتنگ شدهامbe mâdaram deltang shâde-amI miss my mother
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 miss someone” in Persian?
«دلتنگ شدن», read “deltang shâdan”. In a live sentence: “به مادرم دلتنگ شدهام” — I miss my mother. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters د, ل, ت, ن, گ, ش, د, ن.
How is “دلتنگ شدن” written in Latin letters?
deltang shâdan. 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?
Literally "for the heart to become tight": the heart is "tight" without a person — there is the longing. "My heart is tight for you" means I miss you. I miss my mother, 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.