لبه
“لبه” (lyabe) — edge, rim in Persian. Noun, level A2. The edge of a thing: a table, a page, a cliff. A cousin of the lips: the edge of the body and the edge of a thing are one family here. Take the cup off the edge of the table, says the example. In a live sentence: “لیوان را از لبه میز بردار” — Take the cup off the edge of the table. Written with the characters ل, ب, ه.
In short
| Written in Persian | لبه |
| Read in Latin letters | lyabe |
| Translation | edge, rim |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The edge of a thing: a table, a page, a cliff. A cousin of the lips: the edge of the body and the edge of a thing are one family here. Take the cup off the edge of the table, 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.
- لیوان را از لبه میز بردارlivân râ az lyabe miz bârdârTake the cup off the edge of the table
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 “edge, rim” in Persian?
«لبه», read “lyabe”. In a live sentence: “لیوان را از لبه میز بردار” — Take the cup off the edge of the table. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ل, ب, ه.
How is “لبه” written in Latin letters?
lyabe. 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 edge of a thing: a table, a page, a cliff. A cousin of the lips: the edge of the body and the edge of a thing are one family here. Take the cup off the edge of the table, 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.