Persian · Numbers & Time
دقیقه
daghighe
Minute
Beginnernoun
Definition
Sixty seconds of time.
Example
پنج دقیقه دیر کردم.
I was five minutes late.
Etymology
'دقیقه' (daghighe) comes from Arabic 'دَقِيقَة', meaning 'minute', reflecting the historical borrowing from Arabic, especially in academic and scientific discourse.
How & Where It’s Used
'دقیقه' (daghighe) is used regularly in both spoken and written Persian, commonly seen in both formal settings such as education and informal usage.