حسادت کردن
“حسادت کردن” (hasadat kân) — to envy in Persian. Verb, level B1. Literally "to do envy": the feeling here is an act on the noun, by the general rule of noun plus doing. The envious one takes its own word. He envies the neighbor, says the example. In a live sentence: “به همسایه حسادت میکند” — He envies the neighbor. Written with the characters ح, س, ا, د, ت, ک, ر, د, ن. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | حسادت کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | hasadat kân |
| Translation | to envy |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to do envy": the feeling here is an act on the noun, by the general rule of noun plus doing. The envious one takes its own word. He envies the neighbor, 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 همسایه حسادت میکندbe hamsaye hasadat mi-kânedHe envies the neighbor
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 envy” in Persian?
«حسادت کردن», read “hasadat kân”. In a live sentence: “به همسایه حسادت میکند” — He envies the neighbor. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ح, س, ا, د, ت, ک, ر, د, ن.
How is “حسادت کردن” written in Latin letters?
hasadat 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?
Literally "to do envy": the feeling here is an act on the noun, by the general rule of noun plus doing. The envious one takes its own word. He envies the neighbor, 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.