پلاک
“پلاک” (pelâk) — license plate, number plate in Persian. Noun, level B1. The same plate word hangs on the door of the house — a plaque. The car’s number is called exactly this, and the digits on it are read right to left. The car has a new one, says the example. In a live sentence: “پلاک ماشین جدید است” — The car has a new license plate. Written with the characters پ, ل, ا, ک. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | پلاک |
| Read in Latin letters | pelâk |
| Translation | license plate, number plate |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same plate word hangs on the door of the house — a plaque. The car’s number is called exactly this, and the digits on it are read right to left. The car has a new one, 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.
- پلاک ماشین جدید استpelâke mâshin dzhadid astThe car has a new license plate
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 “license plate, number plate” in Persian?
«پلاک», read “pelâk”. In a live sentence: “پلاک ماشین جدید است” — The car has a new license plate. Noun, level B1; written with the characters پ, ل, ا, ک.
How is “پلاک” written in Latin letters?
pelâk. 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 same plate word hangs on the door of the house — a plaque. The car’s number is called exactly this, and the digits on it are read right to left. The car has a new one, 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.