شماره مالیاتی
“شماره مالیاتی” (shâmâree mâliyoti) — tax number in Persian. Noun, level A2. Shomare is any number, maliyati is the adjective "of taxes" from malia, tax. Paperwork begins with this string. In a live sentence: “شماره مالیاتیتان, لطفا” — Your tax number, please. Written with the characters ش, م, ا, ر, ه, م, ا, ل, ی, ا, ت, ی. A word from the everyday Persian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Persian | شماره مالیاتی |
| Read in Latin letters | shâmâree mâliyoti |
| Translation | tax number |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Shomare is any number, maliyati is the adjective "of taxes" from malia, tax. Paperwork begins with this string
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.
- شماره مالیاتیتان, لطفاshâmâree mâliyotetân, lâtfanYour tax number, please
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 “tax number” in Persian?
«شماره مالیاتی», read “shâmâree mâliyoti”. In a live sentence: “شماره مالیاتیتان, لطفا” — Your tax number, please. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ش, م, ا, ر, ه, م, ا, ل, ی, ا, ت, ی.
How is “شماره مالیاتی” written in Latin letters?
shâmâree mâliyoti. 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?
Shomare is any number, maliyati is the adjective "of taxes" from malia, tax. Paperwork begins with this string. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.