How does the counter treat the zero-width non-joiner?

Persian writes many compounds, like میروم or کتابها, with a ZWNJ (U+200C) instead of a space. Because there is no space, the counter treats each such compound as a single word, matching how a reader perceives it.

What separates one word from another?

Only whitespace and punctuation separate words. Persian and Latin punctuation — ، ؛ ؟ . , ! ? and brackets — are stripped before counting so trailing marks never inflate the total.

Why show a separate compound count?

The ZWNJ-compound count lets you audit token boundaries. If the number looks off, it usually means a space was used where a ZWNJ belonged, or vice versa.

Does it count sentences too?

Yes. It counts sentence-ending marks including the Persian question mark ؟ and full stop, alongside the word and character totals.

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Count Persian words the right way

A reliable Persian word count depends on one detail most counters get wrong: the zero-width non-joiner. Persian uses this invisible character to glue prefixes and suffixes to a stem without a space, so می‌روم (“I go”) is one word even though it contains two morphemes. This tool counts the way a Farsi reader would.

How it works

The counter normalises punctuation, then splits the text on whitespace only. Because ZWNJ is not whitespace, a compound joined by ZWNJ stays a single token.

Persian and Latin punctuation (، ؛ ؟ . , ! ?, brackets, dashes, quotes) is replaced with spaces before splitting.
Empty tokens are discarded so multiple spaces never create phantom words.
Tokens that contain a ZWNJ are tallied separately as compounds.
Sentence endings are counted from ., !, ?, the Persian ؟, and ۔.

Example and notes

The sentence من به مدرسه می‌روم و کتاب‌ها را می‌خوانم. counts as 8 words: the ZWNJ-joined می‌روم, کتاب‌ها, and می‌خوانم each count once. If you instead typed a space inside می روم, it would count as two words — the compound counter helps you catch exactly that.

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