370 Persian words and phrases start with ج (jim). Common everyday words are in bold. Tap a word for its meanings, pronunciation and related words.
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- جا jâ – place, room, space, seat, location, spot
- جا انداختن jâ andâkhtan – to set (a bone), to leave out, to miss, to establish, to ski...
- جا دادن jâ dâdan – to fit, to accommodate, to house, to insert
- جا زدن jâ zadan – to back out, to chicken out, to give up, to pass off (as)
- جا کردن jâ kardan – to fit, to fit in, to make room for, to stuff into
- جا گذاشتن jâ gozâshtan – to leave behind, to forget (something somewhere), to misplac...
- جا گرفتن jâ gereftan – to fit, to take up space, to be placed, to settle
- جاافتاده jâoftâde – mature, well-established, mellow, well-cooked
- جابر jâber – tyrannical, oppressive, tyrant
- جابهجا شدن jâbejâ shodan – to move, to be moved, to shift, to be displaced, to relocate
- جابهجا کردن jâbejâ kardan – to move, to displace, to relocate, to rearrange, to shift
- جاخالی jâkhâli – dodge
- جادار jâdâr – spacious, roomy, capacious
- جادو jâdu – magic, spell, sorcery, witchcraft
- جادو کردن jâdu kardan – to bewitch, to cast a spell, to enchant
- جادوگر jâdugar – wizard, sorcerer, witch, magician
- جادوگری jâdugari – sorcery, witchcraft, wizardry, magic
- جادویی jâduyi – magical, magic
- جاده jâde – road, highway, path, way
- جاذب jâzeb – absorbent, attractive, attracting
- جار jâr – chandelier, candelabrum
- جار زدن jâr zadan – to proclaim, to announce publicly, to cry out
- جار کشیدن jâr keshidan – to proclaim publicly
- جارچی jârchi – town crier, herald
- جارو jâru – broom, sweeping
- جاروب jârub – broom
- جاروب کردن jârub kardan – to sweep
- جاروکش jârukesh – sweeper, street sweeper
- جاری بودن jâri budan – to flow, to be in effect, to be current
- جاری ساختن jâri sâkhtan – to shed (tears), to make flow, to implement
- جاسوس jâsus – spy, informer
- جاسوس بودن jâsus budan – to be a spy, to spy
- جاسوسی jâsusi – espionage, spying, intelligence
- جاسوسی کردن jâsusi kardan – to spy, to spy on
- جالب jâleb – interesting, attractive, remarkable
- جالب توجه jâleb-e tavajoh – remarkable, noteworthy, notable, striking
- جالیز jâliz – vegetable patch, melon field, patch
- جام jâm – cup, goblet, chalice, glass, trophy (cup)
- جامد jâmed – solid, rigid, inanimate
- جامع jâme' – comprehensive, complete, universal, general, inclusive
- جامعه jâme'e – society, community
- جامعهشناس jâme'eshenâs – sociologist
- جامعیت jâme'iyat – comprehensiveness, universality, inclusiveness
- جامه jâme – garment, clothing, clothes, attire, dress
- جان jân – life, soul, spirit, dear (term of endearment)
- جان دادن jân dâdan – to die, to give one's life, to breathe life into
- جان کلام jân-e kalâm – gist, main point, crux
- جان کندن jân kandan – to toil, to drudge, to struggle, to be in death throes
- جانبدار jânebdâr – biased, partial, partisan, supporter
- جانبداری jânebdâri – bias, partiality, favoritism, support
- جانپناه jânpanâh – shelter, parapet, trench, bunker
- جاندار jândâr – living being, creature, animate
- جانسخت jânsakht – tough, resilient, hard to kill, diehard
- جانشین jâneshin – successor, substitute, replacement, deputy
- جانشین شدن jâneshin shodan – to succeed, to replace, to take the place of, to supersede
- جانشین کردن jâneshin kardan – to replace, to substitute
- جانفشان jânfeshân – self-sacrificing, devoted
- جانفشانی jânfeshâni – self-sacrifice, devotion
- جانگداز jângodâz – heartbreaking, agonizing, excruciating
- جانورشناس jânevarshenâs – zoologist
- جانورشناسی jânevarshenâsi – zoology
- جانی jâni – criminal, murderer, felon
- جاوید jâvid – eternal, immortal, everlasting
- جاویدان jâvidân – immortal, eternal, everlasting
- جاه jâh – rank, status, position, dignity
- جاهد jâhed – diligent, striving
- جاهطلب jâhtalab – ambitious
- جاهطلب بودن jâhtalab budan – to be ambitious
- جاهطلبی jâhtalabi – ambition
- جاهل jâhel – ignorant, foolish, uninformed, immature
- جای پا jâ-ye pâ – footprint, foothold, trace, track
- جای خالی jâ-ye khâli – blank, empty space, vacancy, gap
- جای خلوت jâ-ye khalvat – secluded place, quiet place
- جای دادن jây dâdan – to place, to accommodate, to house, to fit in
- جای زخم jâ-ye zakhm – scar, wound mark
- جای شیب jâ-ye shib – slope, incline
- جای ضربت jâ-ye zarbat – dent, mark of a blow, bruise
- جای عکس jâ-ye aks – photo holder, photo frame, album
- جای مقدس jâ-ye moghadas – holy place, shrine, sanctuary
- جای ویژه jâ-ye vizhe – special place, reserved seat, booth, box
- جایز jâyez – permissible, allowed, allowable
- جایزه jâyeze – prize, award, reward, bonus, trophy
- جایگاه jâygâh – position, place, status, seat, stand
- جایگاه مقدس jâygâh-e moghadas – sanctuary, sanctum, holy place
- جایگاه ویژه jâygâh-e vizhe – VIP section, special seating, box
- جایگزین ساختن jâygozin sâkhtan – to replace, to substitute
- جایگزین شدن jâygozin shodan – to replace, to take the place of, to substitute
- جایگزین کردن jâygozin kardan – to replace, to substitute
- جایگزینی jâygozini – replacement, substitution
- جایی jâyi – somewhere, someplace, a place
- جایی که jâyi ke – where, wherever
- جبار jabâr – tyrannical, oppressive, almighty (of God)
- جبر jabr – compulsion, force, algebra, determinism
- جبران jobrân – compensation, making up, amends, redress, recovery
- جبران خسارت jobrân-e khesârat – compensation for damages, redress, indemnity
- جبران کردن jobrân kardan – to make up for, to compensate, to reimburse, to repay, to re...
- جبرانناپذیر jobrân nâpazir – irreparable, irrecoverable, irreversible
- جبرئیل jebre'il – Gabriel
- جبهه jebhe – front, battlefront, forehead
- جت jet – jet
- جثه josse – build, physique, body size, bulk
- جد jad – ancestor, grandfather, forefather
- جدا jodâ – separately, apart, separate, really
- جدا شدن jodâ shodan – to separate, to part, to get divorced, to break away, to det...
- جدا کردن jodâ kardan – to separate, to detach, to disconnect, to cut off, to isolat...
- جدار jedâr – wall, lining, partition
- جداسازی jodâsâzi – separation, segregation, isolation
- جداشدنی jodâshodani – separable, detachable, removable
- جداکننده jodâ konande – separator, divider, insulator, separating
- جداگانه jodâgâne – separately, separate, individually
- جدال jedâl – dispute, quarrel, struggle, battle, controversy
- جدال کردن jedâl kardan – to argue, to dispute, to quarrel, to fight
- جدالآمیز jedâl âmiz – controversial, contentious
- جدانشدنی jodânashodani – inseparable
- جدایی jodâyi – separation, divorce, segregation, parting
- جدول jadval – table, chart, schedule, crossword puzzle, curb
- جدی jedi – serious, earnest, stern
- جدیت jediyat – seriousness, diligence, earnestness, gravity
- جدید jadid – new, modern, recent, novel
- جدیدا jadidan – recently, lately, newly
- جذاب jazâb – attractive, charming, appealing, cute, interesting
- جذابیت jazâbiyat – attractiveness, charm, appeal
- جذام jozâm – leprosy
- جذب jazb – absorption, attraction, recruitment, intake
- جذب کردن jazb kardan – to absorb, to attract, to recruit, to soak up
- جذبه jazbe – charisma, magnetism, appeal, rapture
- جذر jazr – square root, root
- جر زدن jer zadan – to cheat (in a game)
- جر و بحث کردن jar-o bahs kardan – to argue, to quarrel, to squabble
- جرات jor'at – courage, nerve, daring, guts
- جرات دادن jor'at dâdan – to encourage, to embolden, to hearten
- جرات کردن jor'at kardan – to dare
- جراح jarâh – surgeon
- جراحت jerâhat – wound, injury
- جراید jarâyed – newspapers, the press
- جرثقیل jarsaghil – crane, derrick, hoist
- جرح jarh – injury, wounding, mayhem
- جرز jerz – pillar, pier, wall section
- جرعه jor'e – sip, gulp, swig, swallow
- جرعه جرعه نوشیدن jor'e jor'e nushidan – to sip
- جرعهجرعه نوشیدن jor'e jor'e nushidan – to sip, to drink sip by sip
- جرقه jaraghe – spark, sparkle, flash
- جرقه زدن jaraghe zadan – to spark, to sparkle, to flash
- جرم jorm – crime, offense, guilt
- جریان jariyân – current, flow, stream, course, story (what happened)
- جریحه jarihe – wound, injury
- جریحهدار jarihedâr – wounded, hurt, injured (feelings)
- جریحهدار کردن jarihedâr kardan – to hurt (feelings), to wound, to offend
- جریمه jarime – fine, penalty, surcharge
- جریمه کردن jarime kardan – to fine, to penalize
- جز joz – except, but, besides, other than
- جز این joz in – otherwise, other than this, else
- جز اینکه joz inke – except that, unless, other than
- جزا jazâ – punishment, penalty, retribution
- جزر jazr – ebb, low tide
- جزوه jozve – booklet, pamphlet, handout, lecture notes
- جزیره jazire – isle, island
- جزئی joz'i – partial, minor, small, trivial, negligible
- جزئیات joz'iyât – details, particulars
- جسارت jesârat – audacity, boldness, daring, insolence, nerve
- جسارت کردن jesârat kardan – to dare, to be so bold as, to be rude, to presume
- جست jast – jump, leap, bounce
- جست زدن jast zadan – to jump, to leap, to vault
- جست و خیز jast-o-khiz – jumping around, leaping, frolicking, caper
- جستار jostâr – essay, inquiry, study
- جستجو jostoju – search, quest, hunt, research
- جستجو کردن jostoju kardan – to search, to look for, to seek, to scour
- جستجوگر jostojugar – searcher, seeker, explorer
- جستن jastan / jostan – to jump, to leap, to seek, to search for
- جسد jasad – corpse, dead body, body
- جسم jesm – body, object, substance, matter, material
- جسم شناور jesm-e shenâvar – floating object, buoy
- جسمانی jesmâni – physical, bodily, corporeal, material
- جسمی jesmi – physical, bodily
- جسور jasur – bold, daring, audacious, brave
- جشن jashn – celebration, party, festival, ceremony
- جشن تولد jashn-e tavallod – birthday party, birthday celebration
- جشن عروسی jashn-e arusi – wedding, wedding reception
- جعبه ja'be – box, chest, case
- جعبه ابزار ja'be-ye abzâr – toolbox
- جعل ja'l – forgery, fabrication, counterfeiting
- جعل کردن ja'l kardan – to forge, to counterfeit, to fake, to fabricate
- جعلی ja'li – fake, counterfeit, forged, bogus, spurious
- جغرافی joghrâfi – geography
- جغرافیا joghrâfiyâ – geography
- جغرافیدان joghrâfidân – geographer
- جفا jafâ – cruelty, injustice, unkindness, wrong
- جفت joft – pair, couple, mate, twin, even (number)
- جفت کردن joft kardan – to pair, to match up, to put together, to mate
- جفتک انداختن joftak andâkhtan – to kick (of an animal), to buck
- جک زدن jak zadan – to jack up
- جگر jegar – liver
- جلا jalâ – polish, shine, luster, gloss
- جلا دادن jalâ dâdan – to polish, to shine, to burnish, to varnish
- جلاد jallâd – executioner, hangman
- جلال jalâl – glory, splendor, majesty
- جلب jalb – attraction, attracting, winning (trust, support)
- جلب رضایت کردن jalb-e rezâyat kardan – to satisfy, to win approval, to please
- جلب کردن jalb kardan – to attract, to draw, to win, to win over, to gain
- جلد jeld – cover, binding, volume (of a book), case
- جلد کتاب jeld-e ketâb – book cover
- جلد کردن jeld kardan – to cover, to bind (a book)
- جلسه jalase – meeting, session
- جلف jelf – vulgar, tacky, cheap, frivolous
- جلگه jolge – plain, lowland
- جلو jelo – front, forward, ahead, in front
- جلو انداختن jolo andâkhtan – to move up, to bring forward, to put ahead
- جلو بردن jelo bordan – to advance, to move forward, to push forward
- جلو رفتن jelo raftan – to go forward, to advance, to move ahead
- جلو زدن jelo zadan – to overtake, to pass, to get ahead
- جلوتر jelotar – further ahead, in front, earlier
- جلوتر بودن از jelotar budan az – to be ahead of, to precede
- جلودار jelodâr – leader, vanguard, forerunner
- جلودار بودن jolodâr budan – to lead, to be in front
- جلوس jolus – accession (to the throne), sitting
- جلوس کردن jolus kardan – to ascend the throne, to sit
- جلوگیری کردن jelogiri kardan – to prevent, to stop, to block, to avoid
- جلوه jelve – display, show, appearance, effect, glamour
- جلوه داشتن jelve dâshtan – to stand out, to look attractive, to shine
- جلوهگر jelvegar – manifest, visible, appearing
- جلوی jelo-ye – in front of, before
- جلیقه jelighe – vest, waistcoat
- جماع jemâ' – sexual intercourse, copulation
- جماع کردن jemâ' kardan – to have sexual intercourse, to copulate
- جماعت jamâ'at – group, crowd, community, congregation
- جمال jamâl – beauty
- جمجمه jomjome – skull
- جمع jam' – sum, total, addition, plural, group, gathering
- جمع بستن jam' bastan – to make plural, to add up
- جمع زدن jam' zadan – to add, to add up
- جمع شدن jam' shodan – to gather, to assemble, to shrink, to accumulate
- جمع کردن jam' kardan – to add, to collect, to gather, to pick up, to tidy up, to sa...
- جمع کل jam'-e kol – grand total, total
- جمعآوری کردن jam'âvari kardan – to collect, to gather, to raise (funds), to compile
- جمعا jam'an – altogether, in total, in all
- جمعه jom'e – Friday
- جمعی jam'i – collective, group
- جمعیت jam'iyat – population, crowd, society, association
- جمله jomle – sentence, phrase
- جمهور jomhur – the public, the people
- جمهوری jomhuri – republic
- جمهوریخواه jomhurikhâh – republican
- جن jen – jinn, genie, demon, evil spirit
- جناب jenâb – Mr. (formal title), excellency, the honorable
- جناح jenâh – wing, faction, flank
- جنایتکار jenâyatkâr – criminal, felon
- جنایی jenâyi – criminal, crime
- جنب janb – side, beside, next to
- جنب و جوش jonb-o-jush – bustle, activity, excitement, commotion
- جنباندن jonbândan – to shake, to move, to wag, to rock
- جنبنده jonbande – moving, creature, living thing
- جنبه janbe – aspect, side, dimension, tolerance (spoken)
- جنبی janbi – side, secondary, lateral, incidental
- جنبیدن jonbidan – to move, to stir, to shake, to wiggle, to hurry up (spoken)
- جنتلمن jentelman – gentleman
- جنجال janjâl – uproar, fuss, scandal, row, commotion
- جنجال راه انداختن janjâl râh andâkhtan – to make a fuss, to cause a scene, to cause a scandal
- جنجال کردن janjâl kardan – to make a fuss, to quarrel loudly
- جنس jens – material, kind, goods, sex, gender, genus
- جنس نر jens-e nar – male, male sex
- جنسی jensi – sexual, sex
- جنگ jang – war, battle, fight, warfare, anthology
- جنگافروز jangafruz – warmonger
- جنگافزار jangafzâr – weapon, armament, weaponry
- جنگاور jangâvar – warrior
- جنگجو jangju – warrior, fighter, warlike, belligerent, militant
- جنگجویی jangjuyi – militancy, belligerence, combativeness
- جنگل jangal – forest, woodland, greenwood, jungle
- جنگلبان jangalbân – forest ranger, forester
- جنگلنشین jangalneshin – forest dweller
- جنگلی jangali – forest, wild, jungle
- جنگی jangi – war, military, combat, warlike
- جنگیدن jangidan – to fight, to battle, to struggle
- جنوب jonub – south
- جنوب خاوری jonub-e khâvari – southeast
- جنوب شرقی jonub-e sharghi – southeast, southeastern
- جنوبی jonubi – southern, south, southerner
- جنون jonun – madness, insanity
- جنی jeni – possessed, demonic, of the jinn
- جنین jenin – fetus, embryo
- جو jav / jo – atmosphere, air, mood, barley
- جو دادن jav dâdan – to hype up (spoken), to egg on
- جواب javâb – answer, reply, response
- جواب دادن javâb dâdan – to answer, to reply, to respond
- جواب رد javâb-e rad – refusal, rejection, no
- جواب منفی javâb-e manfi – negative answer, no
- جوابگو javâbgu – accountable, responsible, responsive
- جواز javâz – permit, license, authorization
- جوان javân – young, young person, youth
- جوانان javânân – youth, young people
- جوانترین javântarin – youngest
- جوانمرد javânmard – chivalrous, generous, magnanimous, noble
- جوانمردی javânmardi – chivalry, generosity, magnanimity
- جوانه javâne – bud, sprout, shoot
- جوانه زدن javâne zadan – to sprout, to bud, to germinate
- جوانی javâni – youth, young age
- جواهر javâher – jewels, gems, jewelry
- جواهرساز javâhersâz – jeweler
- جواهرفروش javâherforush – jeweler
- جواهرفروشی javâherforushi – jewelry store, jewelry business
- جواهری javâheri – jeweler, jewelry store
- جوجه juje – chick, chicken, baby bird
- جوجه تیغی jujetighi – hedgehog, porcupine
- جوجه کشی jujekeshi – hatching, incubation, hatchery
- جوخه jukhe – squad, platoon
- جور jur – kind, sort, type, oppression
- جور بودن jur budan – to match, to go together, to be compatible, to fit
- جور درآمدن jur dar âmadan – to fit, to match, to work out
- جور شدن jur shodan – to work out, to come together, to be arranged, to fit
- جور کردن jur kardan – to arrange, to match, to put together, to sort, get (somethi...
- جوراب jurâb – socks, stockings
- جوراب بافی jurâb bâfi – sock knitting, hosiery making
- جوراب کوتاه jurâb-e kutâh – ankle socks, short socks
- جوراجور jurâjur – various, assorted, all kinds of
- جوش jush – boil, boiling, pimple, weld, effervescence, eruption
- جوش دادن jush dâdan – to weld, to solder, to fuse
- جوش زدن jush zadan – to break out (in pimples), to fret, to worry
- جوش سرسیاه jush-e sarsiyâh – blackhead
- جوشاندن jushândan – to boil, to brew, to bring to a boil
- جوشانده jushânde – herbal infusion, decoction, boiled
- جوشکار jushkâr – welder
- جوشکاری کردن jushkâri kardan – to weld
- جوشن jowshan – coat of mail, armor
- جوشیدن jushidan – to boil, to bubble, to seethe, to get along (with people)
- جولان jowlân – roaming, galloping around, maneuvering
- جوهر jowhar – ink, essence, extract, acid
- جوهری jowhari – inky, ink-filled, essential
- جوی juy / javvi – stream, brook, gutter, atmospheric
- جویا شدن juyâ shodan – to inquire, to ask
- جویدن javidan – to chew, to munch
- جوینده juyande – seeker, searcher
- جهاد jahâd – jihad, holy war, struggle
- جهاد کردن jahâd kardan – to wage holy war, to fight a jihad, to struggle
- جهاز jahâz – dowry, system (of the body), apparatus
- جهالت jehâlat – ignorance, foolishness
- جهان jahân – world, universe, macrocosm
- جهانآفرین jahânâfarin – creator of the world
- جهانگرد jahângard – tourist
- جهانگردی jahângardi – tourism
- جهانگردی کردن jahângardi kardan – to tour, to travel the world, to go sightseeing
- جهانی jahâni – global, world, universal, worldwide
- جهانی کردن jahâni kardan – to globalize, to universalize
- جهت jahat – direction, reason, sake, aspect
- جهت یابی کردن jahat-yâbi kardan – to orient, to find one's bearings, to navigate
- جهش jahesh – jump, leap, surge, mutation, spurt
- جهش کردن jahesh kardan – to jump, to leap, to mutate
- جهل jahl – ignorance
- جهنده jahande – jumping, springy, bouncy
- جهنم jahannam – hell
- جهود johud – Jew (dated, often offensive)
- جهیدن jahidan – to jump, to leap, to spring
- جهیزیه jahiziye – dowry
- جیب jib – pocket
- جیببر jibbor – pickpocket
- جیببری کردن jibbori kardan – to pick pockets
- جیبدار jibdâr – having pockets, with pockets
- جیبی jibi – pocket, pocket-sized
- جیپ jip – jeep
- جیر jir – suede, chamois leather
- جیرجیر کردن jirjir kardan – to chirp, to squeak, to cheep
- جیره jire – ration, allowance, daily ration
- جیره دادن jire dâdan – to give rations, to provide an allowance
- جیرهبندی کردن jirebandi kardan – to ration
- جیغ jigh – scream, shriek, screech
- جیغ زدن jigh zadan – to scream, to shriek, to screech
- جیغ کشیدن jigh keshidan – to scream, to shriek, to screech
- جیک زدن jik zadan – to chirp, to peep, to say a word (spoken)
- جیم شدن jim shodan – to sneak away (spoken), to slip away, to scram
- جین jin – jeans, gin
- جیوه jive – mercury, quicksilver
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