شایع شدن
“شایع شدن” (shâe shâdan) — rumors spread, word got round in Persian. Phrase, level B1. Literally "to become a rumor": the news spread over the quarter. The rumor has no author — it has speed. Round the district went word that he had sold his house, says the example. In a live sentence: “در محله شایع شد که خانهاش را فروخته” — Round the district went word that he had sold his house. Written with the characters ش, ا, ی, ع, ش, د, ن.
In short
| Written in Persian | شایع شدن |
| Read in Latin letters | shâe shâdan |
| Translation | rumors spread, word got round |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "to become a rumor": the news spread over the quarter. The rumor has no author — it has speed. Round the district went word that he had sold his house, 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.
- در محله شایع شد که خانهاش را فروختهdar mahâlle shâe shâd ke khâneshash râ fârukhteRound the district went word that he had sold his house
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 “rumors spread, word got round” in Persian?
«شایع شدن», read “shâe shâdan”. In a live sentence: “در محله شایع شد که خانهاش را فروخته” — Round the district went word that he had sold his house. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ش, ا, ی, ع, ش, د, ن.
How is “شایع شدن” written in Latin letters?
shâe 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?
Literally "to become a rumor": the news spread over the quarter. The rumor has no author — it has speed. Round the district went word that he had sold his house, 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.