استرس
esteres
The Persian word for emotional stress is استرس (esteres).
استرس is used to refer to emotional or psychological pressure.
Meaning: emotional pressure (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
استرس is a direct loanword from the English word 'stress'.
Which one should you use?
While استرس refers specifically to psychological or emotional stress, the word فشار (feshār) is used for physical pressure or general life pressure.
How do you pronounce it?
esteres
Did you know?
- In many Persian-speaking professional environments, particularly in medicine or psychology, using the English-derived استرس can actually make a person sound more specialized or academic than using native Persian terms.
- There is a subtle linguistic divide in Iran where استرس is viewed as a modern, Westernized term, whereas فشار is seen as the more classic, poetic, or traditional Persian way to express the same feeling.
- Because استرس is a loanword, it is almost exclusively used in psychological contexts. If you use it to describe the pressure of a heavy weight on a table, it will sound quite strange to a native speaker.
Examples in context
- دانیل بر اثر استرس شدید در گذشت.Daniel died from acute stress.This sentence shows how to describe someone dying from acute stress using استرس.Tatoeba #12881870 by manelie, translation #11484000 by Amastan
- این یک دستگاه منحصر به فرد است که می تواند استرس و مالیخولیا را از بین ببرد.It's a unique device able to make stress and melancholy vanish.This sentence describes a device used to eliminate stress and melancholy using استرس.Tatoeba #12719849 by manelie, translation #684070 by papabear
- من به خاطر کار زیاد استرس دارم.man be khāter-e kār-e ziyād esteres dāram.I have stress because of too much work.
Example conversation
Amir and Zahra are talking about a big exam.
- امیر Amirامتحان فردا خیلی استرس دارد.Emtehān-e fardā kheyli estres dārad.Tomorrow's exam is very stressful.
- زهرا Zahraبله، من هم استرس دارم.Bale, man ham estres dāram.Yes, I am stressed too.
- امیر Amirچطور استرس خود را کم کنی؟Chetor estres-e khod rā kam koni?How can you reduce your stress?
- زهرا Zahraکمی موسیقی گوش می‌دهم.Kami musiqi gosh midaham.I'll listen to some music.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
