نرخ ارز
“نرخ ارز” (nakhre arz) — exchange rate in Persian. Noun, level B1. Rate plus currency. It changes every day, and is spoken of with the same word as the price at the market. It went up, says the example. In a live sentence: “نرخ ارز بالا رفته” — The exchange rate went up. Written with the characters ن, ر, خ, ا, ر, ز. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | نرخ ارز |
| Read in Latin letters | nakhre arz |
| Translation | exchange rate |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Rate plus currency. It changes every day, and is spoken of with the same word as the price at the market. It went up, 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.
- نرخ ارز بالا رفتهnakhre arz bâlâ rafteThe exchange rate went up
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 “exchange rate” in Persian?
«نرخ ارز», read “nakhre arz”. In a live sentence: “نرخ ارز بالا رفته” — The exchange rate went up. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ن, ر, خ, ا, ر, ز.
How is “نرخ ارز” written in Latin letters?
nakhre arz. 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?
Rate plus currency. It changes every day, and is spoken of with the same word as the price at the market. It went up, 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.