Learn 19 Persian words for hotels, from room, key and reception to breakfast and passport, with example sentences and a quiz.
Persian words for staying at a hotel
Study notes for this lesson. This page collects the words you need to book a room, check in and ask about breakfast or the elevator in Persian. The example sentences follow Daniel, a tourist who stays at a small hotel in Shiraz in the reading and speaking parts of this lesson.
Vocabulary: at the hotel
| Persian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| هتل | /hotel/ | hotel |
| اتاق | /otâgh/ | room |
| اتاق یک‌نفره | /otâgh-e yek-nafare/ | single room |
| اتاق دونفره | /otâgh-e do-nafare/ | double room |
| تخت | /takht/ | bed |
| کلید | /kelid/ | key |
| پذیرش | /paziresh/ | reception, front desk |
| رزرو کردن | /rezerv kardan/ | to book, reserve |
| ماندن | /mândan/ | to stay |
| شب | /shab/ | night |
| طبقه | /tabaghe/ | floor, story |
| آسانسور | /âsânsor/ | elevator |
| حمام | /hammâm/ | bathroom (with shower) |
| صبحانه | /sobhâne/ | breakfast |
| گذرنامه | /gozarnâme/ | passport |
| قیمت | /gheymat/ | price |
| خالی | /khâli/ | free, vacant, empty |
| چمدان | /chamedân/ | suitcase |
| تمیز | /tamiz/ | clean |
Example sentences
| Persian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| اتاق خالی دارید؟ | /otâgh-e khâli dârid?/ | Do you have a free room? |
| یک اتاق یک‌نفره برای سه شب می‌خواهم. | /yek otâgh-e yek-nafare barâye se shab mikhâham./ | I'd like a single room for three nights. |
| قیمت اتاق چند است؟ | /gheymat-e otâgh chand ast?/ | How much is the room? |
| صبحانه در قیمت اتاق است. | /sobhâne dar gheymat-e otâgh ast./ | Breakfast is included in the room price. |
| اتاق شما در طبقه‌ی سوم است. | /otâgh-e shomâ dar tabaghe-ye sevvom ast./ | Your room is on the third floor. |
| این کلید اتاق شماست. | /in kelid-e otâgh-e shomâst./ | This is your room key. |
| دنیل با آسانسور بالا می‌رود. | /daniel bâ âsânsor bâlâ miravad./ | Daniel goes up in the elevator. |
| اتاق تمیز است و یک تخت بزرگ دارد. | /otâgh tamiz ast va yek takht-e bozorg dârad./ | The room is clean and has a big bed. |
Notes on the words
- یک‌نفره (yek-nafare) and دونفره (do-nafare) are built from a number plus نفر (nafar, "person") plus ـه (-e). The same pattern gives سه‌نفره (se-nafare), "for three people".
- رزرو (rezerv) is borrowed from French and works like a noun in the compound verb رزرو کردن: اتاق رزرو کردم (otâgh rezerv kardam), "I booked a room".
- حمام (hammâm) is the room with the shower or bath. A toilet is دستشویی (dastshuyi) or, more formally, توالت (tuâlet).
- پذیرش (paziresh) is both the front desk and the act of checking in. The person who works there is مسئول پذیرش (mas'ul-e paziresh), "receptionist".
- Floors use ordinal numbers: طبقه‌ی اول (tabaghe-ye avval), "first floor"; طبقه‌ی دوم (tabaghe-ye dovvom), "second floor"; طبقه‌ی سوم (tabaghe-ye sevvom), "third floor". The ground floor is همکف (hamkaf).
- خالی (khâli) means "empty" in general. At a hotel it means a room is free: اتاق خالی نداریم (otâgh-e khâli nadârim), "we have no rooms available".
Tip: imagine you are checking in and say what you see, step by step, in Persian: the reception, the key, the elevator, the floor, the room, the bed and the bathroom. Saying the words in the order you would meet them makes them easier to recall.
Other parts of Lesson 10
Practice
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How do you ask "Do you have a free room?"
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otâgh-e khâli dârid? اتاق خالی دارید؟
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What is the difference between yek-nafare and do-nafare? یک‌نفره / دونفره
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yek-nafare is for one person (single); do-nafare is for two (double).
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Translate: "Your room is on the second floor."
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otâgh-e shomâ dar tabaghe-ye dovvom ast. اتاق شما در طبقه‌ی دوم است.
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What is the Persian word for "passport"?
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gozarnâme گذرنامه
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Who is the mas'ul-e paziresh? مسئول پذیرش
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The receptionist.
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