تنوع
“تنوع” (tanavvâ') — diversity, variety in Persian. Noun, level B1. The doubled vv is held: tanavvo, with a light catch at the end. In a live sentence: “تنوع پرندهها در شمال زیاد است.” — The diversity of the birds in the north is great. Written with the characters ت, ن, و, ع. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | تنوع |
| Read in Latin letters | tanavvâ' |
| Translation | diversity, variety |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
the doubled vv is held: tanavvo, with a light catch at the end
Why it looks that way
The wealth of kinds, forms, tastes: "the diversity of the birds". Hold the doubled letter on the ear. The diversity of the birds in the north is great, 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.
- تنوع پرندهها در شمال زیاد است.tanavvâ'e parandehâ dar shâmâl ziyod ast.The diversity of the birds in the north is great.
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 “diversity, variety” in Persian?
«تنوع», read “tanavvâ'”. The doubled vv is held: tanavvo, with a light catch at the end. In a live sentence: “تنوع پرندهها در شمال زیاد است.” — The diversity of the birds in the north is great. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ت, ن, و, ع.
How is “تنوع” written in Latin letters?
tanavvâ'. 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?
The wealth of kinds, forms, tastes: "the diversity of the birds". Hold the doubled letter on the ear. The diversity of the birds in the north is great, 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.