سخنرانی
“سخنرانی” (sâkhanrâni) — speech, address in Persian. Noun, level B1. From the word: a speech in general — and a lecture too. "A short speech" is nearly a contradiction, but people say it. At the feast the speech was short, says the example. In a live sentence: “در جشن سخنرانی کوتاه بود.” — At the feast the speech was short. Written with the characters س, خ, ن, ر, ا, ن, ی. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | سخنرانی |
| Read in Latin letters | sâkhanrâni |
| Translation | speech, address |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From the word: a speech in general — and a lecture too. "A short speech" is nearly a contradiction, but people say it. At the feast the speech was short, 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 جشن سخنرانی کوتاه بود.dar dzhashn sâkhanrâni kutâh bud.At the feast the speech was short.
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 “speech, address” in Persian?
«سخنرانی», read “sâkhanrâni”. In a live sentence: “در جشن سخنرانی کوتاه بود.” — At the feast the speech was short. Noun, level B1; written with the characters س, خ, ن, ر, ا, ن, ی.
How is “سخنرانی” written in Latin letters?
sâkhanrâni. 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?
From the word: a speech in general — and a lecture too. "A short speech" is nearly a contradiction, but people say it. At the feast the speech was short, 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.