جعبه کمکهای اولیه
“جعبه کمکهای اولیه” (dzhâbbe-e kâmakhâe avvalie) — first-aid kit in Persian. Noun, level A2. Literally "the box of the first helps": the box plus the helps. There is no short single word here — people say the whole string. The first-aid kit is in the car, says the example. In a live sentence: “جعبه کمکهای اولیه در ماشین است.” — The first-aid kit is in the car. Written with the characters ج, ع, ب, ه, ک, م, ک, ه, ا, ی, ا, و…
In short
| Written in Persian | جعبه کمکهای اولیه |
| Read in Latin letters | dzhâbbe-e kâmakhâe avvalie |
| Translation | first-aid kit |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the box of the first helps": the box plus the helps. There is no short single word here — people say the whole string. The first-aid kit is in the car, 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.
- جعبه کمکهای اولیه در ماشین است.dzhâbbe-e kâmakhâe avvalie dar mâshin ast.The first-aid kit is in the car.
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 “first-aid kit” in Persian?
«جعبه کمکهای اولیه», read “dzhâbbe-e kâmakhâe avvalie”. In a live sentence: “جعبه کمکهای اولیه در ماشین است.” — The first-aid kit is in the car. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ج, ع, ب, ه, ک, م, ک, ه, ا, ی, ا, و…
How is “جعبه کمکهای اولیه” written in Latin letters?
dzhâbbe-e kâmakhâe avvalie. 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 "the box of the first helps": the box plus the helps. There is no short single word here — people say the whole string. The first-aid kit is in the car, 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.