سیگار را ترک کردن
“سیگار را ترک کردن” (sigar râ tark kân) — to quit smoking in Persian. Phrase, level B1. To abandon: it works with any habit — "to quit a habit". After it the subject itself stands with its little word. Father quit smoking, says the example. In a live sentence: “پدرم سیگار را ترک کرد.” — Father quit smoking. Written with the characters س, ی, گ, ا, ر, ر, ا, ت, ر, ک, ک, ر… A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | سیگار را ترک کردن |
| Read in Latin letters | sigar râ tark kân |
| Translation | to quit smoking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
To abandon: it works with any habit — "to quit a habit". After it the subject itself stands with its little word. Father quit smoking, 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.
- پدرم سیگار را ترک کرد.padaram sigar râ tark kard.Father quit smoking.
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 quit smoking” in Persian?
«سیگار را ترک کردن», read “sigar râ tark kân”. In a live sentence: “پدرم سیگار را ترک کرد.” — Father quit smoking. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters س, ی, گ, ا, ر, ر, ا, ت, ر, ک, ک, ر…
How is “سیگار را ترک کردن” written in Latin letters?
sigar râ tark kân. 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?
To abandon: it works with any habit — "to quit a habit". After it the subject itself stands with its little word. Father quit smoking, 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.