مالیات حقوق
“مالیات حقوق” (mâliyote hâdzhug) — income tax in Persian. Noun, level B1. Salary is the second word (and rights too — the same word): the tax here sits right on the salary. Deducted before the money reaches the hands. The tax on salary is big, says the example. In a live sentence: “مالیات حقوق زیاد است” — The income tax is big. Written with the characters م, ا, ل, ی, ا, ت, ح, ق, و, ق. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | مالیات حقوق |
| Read in Latin letters | mâliyote hâdzhug |
| Translation | income tax |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Salary is the second word (and rights too — the same word): the tax here sits right on the salary. Deducted before the money reaches the hands. The tax on salary is big, 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.
- مالیات حقوق زیاد استmâliyote hâdzhug ziyod astThe income tax is big
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 “income tax” in Persian?
«مالیات حقوق», read “mâliyote hâdzhug”. In a live sentence: “مالیات حقوق زیاد است” — The income tax is big. Noun, level B1; written with the characters م, ا, ل, ی, ا, ت, ح, ق, و, ق.
How is “مالیات حقوق” written in Latin letters?
mâliyote hâdzhug. 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?
Salary is the second word (and rights too — the same word): the tax here sits right on the salary. Deducted before the money reaches the hands. The tax on salary is big, 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.