قفسه کتاب
“قفسه کتاب” (gâfsee ketâb) — bookshelf in Persian. Noun, level A1. The shelf word you know from home; the one for books stands in sight, the books facing out. Mine is full, says the example. In a live sentence: “قفسه کتاب من پر است.” — My bookshelf is full. Written with the characters ق, ف, س, ه, ک, ت, ا, ب. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Persian | قفسه کتاب |
| Read in Latin letters | gâfsee ketâb |
| Translation | bookshelf |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The shelf word you know from home; the one for books stands in sight, the books facing out. Mine is full, 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.
- قفسه کتاب من پر است.gâfsee ketâbe man pâr ast.My bookshelf is full.
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 “bookshelf” in Persian?
«قفسه کتاب», read “gâfsee ketâb”. In a live sentence: “قفسه کتاب من پر است.” — My bookshelf is full. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ق, ف, س, ه, ک, ت, ا, ب.
How is “قفسه کتاب” written in Latin letters?
gâfsee ketâb. 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 shelf word you know from home; the one for books stands in sight, the books facing out. Mine is full, 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.