جشن مذهبی
“جشن مذهبی” (dzhashne mazhabi) — religious holiday in Persian. Noun, level B1. From the denomination. Some of these holidays are at the same time the official day off. This religious holiday is in spring, says the example. In a live sentence: “این جشن مذهبی در بهار است.” — This religious holiday is in spring. Written with the characters ج, ش, ن, م, ذ, ه, ب, ی. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | جشن مذهبی |
| Read in Latin letters | dzhashne mazhabi |
| Translation | religious holiday |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From the denomination. Some of these holidays are at the same time the official day off. This religious holiday is in spring, 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.
- این جشن مذهبی در بهار است.in dzhashne mazhabi dar bâhâr ast.This religious holiday is in spring.
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 “religious holiday” in Persian?
«جشن مذهبی», read “dzhashne mazhabi”. In a live sentence: “این جشن مذهبی در بهار است.” — This religious holiday is in spring. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ج, ش, ن, م, ذ, ه, ب, ی.
How is “جشن مذهبی” written in Latin letters?
dzhashne mazhabi. 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?
From the denomination. Some of these holidays are at the same time the official day off. This religious holiday is in spring, 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.