Breakdown of اقتصاد ایران پنج درصد رشد کرد.
ایرانirân
Iran
پنجpanj
five
درصدdar-sad
percent
رشد کردنroshd kardan
to grow
Questions & Answers about اقتصاد ایران پنج درصد رشد کرد.
How does the word for "percent" (درصد) work in Farsi?
The word درصد is made up of در (in) and صد (hundred). So literally, it means "in a hundred," which is exactly how "per-cent" works in English! Notice that the number comes first: پنج درصد means "five percent".
What is the literal meaning of the verb رشد کرد?
It literally means "did growth." It is a compound verb made of the noun رشد (growth) and the past tense of the verb "to do" (کرد). Compound verbs like this are very common in Farsi for expressing actions like growing, working, or starting.
How do we connect "economy" and "Iran" in this sentence?
You use the hidden "e" sound known as the ezafe! Even though it's not written in the Farsi script here, you pronounce it between the two words: اقتصادِ ایران (eqtesaad-e iraan). This little sound links the thing being described (the economy) to its owner (Iran).
Why does the amount پنج درصد come before the verb?
Farsi usually follows a Subject-Object-Verb word order. Here, اقتصاد ایران (Iran's economy) is the subject, and the compound verb رشد کرد (grew) must go at the very end of the sentence. The adverbial phrase describing the amount it grew by (پنج درصد) fits naturally in the middle.