پررنگ
“پررنگ” (pâr-rang) — strong (about tea) in Persian. Adjective, level A1. Literally "full of color": strong tea brews dark. The weak kind is its "little color" opposite, a word you already met. Needed in the morning, says the example. In a live sentence: “چای پررنگ صبح لازم است.” — Strong tea is needed in the morning. Written with the characters پ, ر, ر, ن, گ. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Persian | پررنگ |
| Read in Latin letters | pâr-rang |
| Translation | strong (about tea) |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "full of color": strong tea brews dark. The weak kind is its "little color" opposite, a word you already met. Needed in the morning, 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.
- چای پررنگ صبح لازم است.chaye pâr-range sâbh lâzem ast.Strong tea is needed in the morning.
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 “strong (about tea)” in Persian?
«پررنگ», read “pâr-rang”. In a live sentence: “چای پررنگ صبح لازم است.” — Strong tea is needed in the morning. Adjective, level A1; written with the characters پ, ر, ر, ن, گ.
How is “پررنگ” written in Latin letters?
pâr-rang. 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?
Literally "full of color": strong tea brews dark. The weak kind is its "little color" opposite, a word you already met. Needed in the morning, 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.