قهرمان
“قهرمان” (gaghrâmân) — protagonist, main character in Persian. Phrase, level A2. The hero of book, film and sport at once: "the hero of the tale", "the Olympic champion". You know the phrase about the book’s hero — now the word whole. The protagonist of the tale is a child, says the example. In a live sentence: “قهرمان داستان یک بچه است.” — The protagonist of the tale is a child. Written with the characters ق, ه, ر, م, ا, ن.
In short
| Written in Persian | قهرمان |
| Read in Latin letters | gaghrâmân |
| Translation | protagonist, main character |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The hero of book, film and sport at once: "the hero of the tale", "the Olympic champion". You know the phrase about the book’s hero — now the word whole. The protagonist of the tale is a child, 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.
- قهرمان داستان یک بچه است.gaghrâmâne dâstân yek bâche ast.The protagonist of the tale is a child.
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 “protagonist, main character” in Persian?
«قهرمان», read “gaghrâmân”. In a live sentence: “قهرمان داستان یک بچه است.” — The protagonist of the tale is a child. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ق, ه, ر, م, ا, ن.
How is “قهرمان” written in Latin letters?
gaghrâmân. 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 hero of book, film and sport at once: "the hero of the tale", "the Olympic champion". You know the phrase about the book’s hero — now the word whole. The protagonist of the tale is a child, 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.