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Common Persian words
- آب âb – water
- آب دهان âb-e dahân – saliva, spit, spittle
- آبجو âbjo – beer
- با bâ – with, by, using
- با عجله bâ ajale – hastily
- باادب bâ-adab – polite, well-mannered, respectful
- پا pâ – foot, leg
- پابرهنه pâberehne – barefoot
- پاداش pâdâsh – reward, bonus, remuneration
- تا tâ – until, till, to, up to, so that
- تابستان tâbestân – summer
- تابوت tâbut – coffin, casket
- ثابت sâbet – fixed, constant, stable, permanent, firm
- ثانیه sâniye – second
- ثروت servat – wealth, fortune, riches, money
- جا jâ – place, room, space, seat, location, spot
- جادو jâdu – magic, spell, sorcery, witchcraft
- جاده jâde – road, highway, path, way
- چابک châbok – agile, nimble, quick, swift
- چاپ châp – printing, print, edition, publication
- چادر châdor – tent, chador, veil
- حادثه hâdese – accident, incident, event
- حاشیه hâshiye – margin, edge, border, fringe, sidelines, footnote
- حاصل hâsel – result, outcome, product, yield, harvest
- خاتمه khâteme – end, conclusion, termination, closure
- خار khâr – thorn, spine, prickle, barb
- خارج khârej – outside, abroad, exterior, out
- داخل dâkhel – inside, interior, in
- داخلی dâkheli – internal, domestic, interior, inner, indoor
- دادگاه dâdgâh – court, courthouse, courtroom, tribunal
- ذخیره zakhire – reserve, store, stock, savings, backup
- ذهن zehn – mind, memory, mentality
- رابطه râbete – relationship, relation, connection, link
- راحت râhat – comfortable, easy, convenient, cozy
- رادیو râdiyo – radio
- زادگاه zâdgâh – birthplace, hometown
- زانو zânu – knee
- زاویه zâviye – angle, corner, hermitage
- ژاپن zhâpon – Japan
- ژاکت zhâkat – cardigan, sweater, jacket
- ژانویه zhânviye – January
- سابق sâbegh – former, previous, ex-, old
- سابقه sâbeghe – background, record, history, precedent, work exper...
- ساحل sâhel – shore, coast, beach, bank
- شاخ shâkh – horn, branch
- شاخه shâkhe – sprout, tributary, wing, grain, limb, bough, arm
- شاد shâd – joyful, merry, exultant, happy, cheery, glad, debo...
- صابون sâbun – soap
- صاحب sâheb – owner, master, possessor
- صادرات sâderât – exports
- ضبط zabt – recording, record, seizure, confiscation
- ضخیم zakhim – thick, heavy, bulky
- ضد zed – opposite, anti-, enemy, opponent
- طاقت tâghat – endurance, tolerance, patience, stamina
- طبق tabagh – according to, in accordance with, tray
- طبقه tabaghe – floor, story (of a building), class, level, layer
- ظاهر zâher – appearance, look, exterior, outside
- ظرف zarf – dish, container, vessel, within (time)
- ظلم zolm – oppression, injustice, cruelty, tyranny
- عابر âber – pedestrian, passerby
- عادت âdat – habit, custom, practice
- عادی âdi – ordinary, normal, usual, common, regular
- غار ghâr – cave, grotto
- غاز ghâz – goose
- غالب ghâleb – dominant, predominant, prevailing, victorious
- فاجعه fâje'e – tragedy, catastrophe, calamity
- فارسی fârsi – Persian, Farsi, Persian language
- فاسد fâsed – rotten, spoiled, corrupt, immoral
- قابل ghâbel – capable, able, competent, worthy
- قارچ ghârch – mushroom
- قاره ghâre – continent, mainland
- کاخ kâkh – palace
- کار kâr – work, job, task, business, affair, action
- کاربرد kârbord – use, application, usage, function
- گاراژ gârâzh – garage
- گاز gâz – gas, bite, gas pedal, gauze
- گاو gâv – cow, ox, bull
- لابد lâbod – probably, presumably, must be
- لازم lâzem – necessary, needed, required, intransitive (grammar...
- لاستیک lâstik – tire, rubber
- ما mâ – we, us
- مابین mâbein – between, among
- ماجرا mâjarâ – adventure, event, story, affair
- ناامن nâ-amn – unsafe, insecure, dangerous
- ناامید nâ-omid – disappointed, hopeless, despairing
- نابینا nâbinâ – blind, sightless
- و va – and
- وابستگی vâbastegi – dependence, attachment, affiliation, relationship
- واجب vâjeb – obligatory, necessary, essential, religiously requ...
- ها hâ – plural suffix (-hâ)
- هتل hotel – hotel
- هجده hejdah – eighteen
- یا yâ – or, either
- یاد yâd – memory, remembrance, recollection
- یادداشت yâddâsht – note, memo, notation, record
About this dictionary
The entries come from the Persian-English Dictionary and the Persian Verbs Dictionary by Reza Nazari and Jalal Daie, checked and corrected for this online edition. Transliteration follows the style used across this site: â for the long a (آ), kh, gh, sh, ch and zh for the Persian sounds, and a hyphen for the ezâfe (ketâb-e khub). Verbs are listed in the infinitive, the form ending in ـتن or ـدن.
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