سفر را عقب انداختن
“سفر را عقب انداختن” (safar râ âgâb ândâkhtan) — to postpone a trip in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to push the trip back": the back plus the putting. A trip here is "pushed back", like a drawer in the cupboard. I postponed the trip by another week, says the example. In a live sentence: “سفر را هفته دیگر عقب انداختم” — I postponed the trip by another week. Written with the characters س, ف, ر, ر, ا, ع, ق, ب, ا, ن, د, ا…
In short
| Written in Persian | سفر را عقب انداختن |
| Read in Latin letters | safar râ âgâb ândâkhtan |
| Translation | to postpone a trip |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to push the trip back": the back plus the putting. A trip here is "pushed back", like a drawer in the cupboard. I postponed the trip by another week, 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.
- سفر را هفته دیگر عقب انداختمsafar râ hâfte digar âgâb ândâkhtamI postponed the trip by another week
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 postpone a trip” in Persian?
«سفر را عقب انداختن», read “safar râ âgâb ândâkhtan”. In a live sentence: “سفر را هفته دیگر عقب انداختم” — I postponed the trip by another week. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters س, ف, ر, ر, ا, ع, ق, ب, ا, ن, د, ا…
How is “سفر را عقب انداختن” written in Latin letters?
safar râ âgâb ândâkhtan. 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 "to push the trip back": the back plus the putting. A trip here is "pushed back", like a drawer in the cupboard. I postponed the trip by another week, 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.