Word.ws English Dictionary

on the tip of one's tongue in Persian

دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن

on the tip of one's tongue in Persian: دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن. In English, on the tip of one's tongue means known but not quite able to be recalled.

Persian words for on the tip of one's tongue

known but not quite remembered
دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن

English meaning of on the tip of one's tongue

  1. prepositional phrase Known but not quite able to be recalled.

Full definition of on the tip of one's tongue

on the tip of one's tongue in a sentence

  • Her name is on the tip of my tongue: it's Kathy, or Karen, or something.

on the tip of one's tongue in other languages

Questions about on the tip of one's tongue in Persian

What is the meaning of on the tip of one's tongue in Persian?
On the tip of one's tongue in Persian is دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن.
معنی on the tip of one's tongue چیست؟
On the tip of one's tongue: دانستن چیزی ولی فراموشی موقتی آن.
What does on the tip of one's tongue mean in English?
On the tip of one's tongue means known but not quite able to be recalled.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: on the tip of one's tongue (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-on the tip of one's tongue.wav.

Cite this page: “on the tip of one's tongue meaning in Persian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/persian/on_the_tip_of_one%27s_tongue. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.