ورم گلو
“ورم گلو” (turme gulu) — strep throat, tonsillitis in Persian. Noun, level B1. The swelling word from the symptoms lesson: a sore throat here is "a swelling of the throat". Rinsed with salt water — a recipe passed in the family. I have it, says the example. In a live sentence: “ورم گلو دارم” — I have a sore throat. Written with the characters و, ر, م, گ, ل, و. A word from the everyday Persian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Persian | ورم گلو |
| Read in Latin letters | turme gulu |
| Translation | strep throat, tonsillitis |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The swelling word from the symptoms lesson: a sore throat here is "a swelling of the throat". Rinsed with salt water — a recipe passed in the family. I have it, 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.
- ورم گلو دارمturme gulu dâramI have a sore throat
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 “strep throat, tonsillitis” in Persian?
«ورم گلو», read “turme gulu”. In a live sentence: “ورم گلو دارم” — I have a sore throat. Noun, level B1; written with the characters و, ر, م, گ, ل, و.
How is “ورم گلو” written in Latin letters?
turme gulu. 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 swelling word from the symptoms lesson: a sore throat here is "a swelling of the throat". Rinsed with salt water — a recipe passed in the family. I have it, 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.