استارت
“استارت” (âstârt) — start in Persian. Noun, level A2. The same start. No own word is sought: the start of a run, of a rocket launch and of a project alike. The marathon’s is at six in the morning, says the example. In a live sentence: “استارت ماراتن ساعت شش صبح است.” — The marathon start is at six in the morning. Written with the characters ا, س, ت, ا, ر, ت. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Persian | استارت |
| Read in Latin letters | âstârt |
| Translation | start |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The same start. No own word is sought: the start of a run, of a rocket launch and of a project alike. The marathon’s is at six in the morning, 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.
- استارت ماراتن ساعت شش صبح است.âstârte mârâtân sââte shesh sâbh ast.The marathon start is at six in the morning.
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 “start” in Persian?
«استارت», read “âstârt”. In a live sentence: “استارت ماراتن ساعت شش صبح است.” — The marathon start is at six in the morning. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ا, س, ت, ا, ر, ت.
How is “استارت” written in Latin letters?
âstârt. 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 start. No own word is sought: the start of a run, of a rocket launch and of a project alike. The marathon’s is at six in the morning, 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.