جنگل
“جنگل” (dzhangal) — jungle, thick forest in Persian. Noun, level B1. The same word from which the jungle of other tongues came by way of the Indies: one source, two languages. The forests of the north are called exactly this. The forest in the north is full of trees, says the example. In a live sentence: “جنگل شمال پر از درخت است” — The forest in the north is full of trees. Written with the characters ج, ن, گ, ل.
In short
| Written in Persian | جنگل |
| Read in Latin letters | dzhangal |
| Translation | jungle, thick forest |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same word from which the jungle of other tongues came by way of the Indies: one source, two languages. The forests of the north are called exactly this. The forest in the north is full of trees, 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.
- جنگل شمال پر از درخت استdzhângâle shâmâl pâr az derekht astThe forest in the north is full of trees
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 “jungle, thick forest” in Persian?
«جنگل», read “dzhangal”. In a live sentence: “جنگل شمال پر از درخت است” — The forest in the north is full of trees. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ج, ن, گ, ل.
How is “جنگل” written in Latin letters?
dzhangal. 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 word from which the jungle of other tongues came by way of the Indies: one source, two languages. The forests of the north are called exactly this. The forest in the north is full of trees, 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.