یخچال
yakhchal
The Persian word for refrigerator is یخچال (yakhchal).
Historically, the term can also refer to a yakhchal, which is an ice house or an ice storage structure.
Meaning: appliance (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word یخچال is a compound consisting of یخ, meaning ice and چال, meaning pit or hollow.
How does it change in a sentence?
To express the plural form, refrigerators, use یخچالها.
How do you pronounce it?
yakhchal
Did you know?
- In Persian culture, the concept of یخ (ice) is often used metaphorically to describe someone who is emotionally cold or distant.
- The word چال can also mean 'dungeon' or 'basement', reflecting how early cooling pits were essentially underground cells for ice.
- The design of the historical یخچال was so effective that some of these structures still stand in the Iranian desert centuries later.
Examples in context
- یخچال جدید خیلی بزرگ است.yakhchāl-e jadid kheyli bozorg ast.The new refrigerator is very big.
- میخواهم یک یخچال بخرم.mikhāham yek yakhchāl bekharam.I want to buy a refrigerator.
- یخچال کار نمیکند.yakhchāl kār nemikonad.The refrigerator is not working.
Example conversation
Zahra and Ali are in the kitchen.
- زهرا Zahraعلی، یخچال خالی است.Ali, yakhchal khali ast.Ali, the refrigerator is empty.
- علی Aliواقعاً؟ من فکر میکردم غذا داریم.Vaghe'an? Man fekr mikardam ghaza darim.Really? I thought we had food.
- زهرا Zahraنه، باید به فروشگاه برویم.Nah, bayad be forushgah beravim.No, we must go to the store.
- علی Aliباشه، همین الان میروم.Bashe, hamin alan miravam.Okay, I will go right now.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries یخچال, CC BY-SA 4.0.
