نزدیک شدن
“نزدیک شدن” (nazdik shâdan) — to approach, come near in Persian. Verb, level A2. To become near to someone or to the window: the near word you know. The verb assembles itself from the familiar word. He came up to the window and took a ticket, says the example. In a live sentence: “نزدیک باجه شد و بلیط گرفت” — He came up to the window and took a ticket. Written with the characters ن, ز, د, ی, ک, ش, د, ن.
In short
| Written in Persian | نزدیک شدن |
| Read in Latin letters | nazdik shâdan |
| Translation | to approach, come near |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
To become near to someone or to the window: the near word you know. The verb assembles itself from the familiar word. He came up to the window and took a ticket, 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.
- نزدیک باجه شد و بلیط گرفتnazdike bâdzhe shâd â belit gereftHe came up to the window and took a ticket
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 “to approach, come near” in Persian?
«نزدیک شدن», read “nazdik shâdan”. In a live sentence: “نزدیک باجه شد و بلیط گرفت” — He came up to the window and took a ticket. Verb, level A2; written with the characters ن, ز, د, ی, ک, ش, د, ن.
How is “نزدیک شدن” written in Latin letters?
nazdik shâdan. 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?
To become near to someone or to the window: the near word you know. The verb assembles itself from the familiar word. He came up to the window and took a ticket, 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.