218 Persian words and phrases start with ل (lam). Common everyday words are in bold. Tap a word for its meanings, pronunciation and related words.
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- لابد lâbod – probably, presumably, must be
- لات lât – thug, hooligan, lout, scoundrel
- لاتین lâtin – Latin
- لاجورد lâjavard – lapis lazuli, azure
- لاجوردی lâjavardi – azure
- لازم lâzem – necessary, needed, required, intransitive (grammar)
- لازم بودن lâzem budan – to be necessary, to be required, to be needed, to require
- لازم داشتن lâzem dâshtan – to need, to require
- لازم دانستن lâzem dânestan – to consider necessary, to deem necessary
- لازمالاجرا lâzem-ol-ejrâ – binding, enforceable, mandatory
- لازمه lâzeme – prerequisite
- لاس زدن lâs zadan – to flirt
- لاستیک lâstik – tire, rubber
- لاستیک چرخ lâstik-e charkh – tire
- لاشخور lâshkhor – vulture, scavenger
- لاشه lâshe – carcass, corpse
- لاغراندام lâgharandâm – slim, slender, thin
- لاف lâf – boast, brag, bragging
- لاف زدن lâf zadan – to boast, to brag, to show off
- لافزن lâfzan – boastful, braggart, show-off
- لاکپشت lâkposht – turtle, tortoise
- لاکی lâki – crimson, dark red, lacquered
- لال lâl – mute, dumb, speechless
- لالایی lâlâyi – lullaby
- لالایی خواندن lâlâyi khândan – to sing a lullaby, to lull
- لامپ lâmp – light bulb, lamp
- لامذهب lâmazhab – irreligious, godless
- لانه lâne – nest, den, lair
- لانه ساختن lâne sâkhtan – to build a nest, to nest
- لایتناهی lâyatanâhi – infinite, endless, boundless
- لایحه قانونی lâyehe-ye ghânuni – bill (legislation), draft law
- لایق lâyegh – worthy, deserving, competent, capable
- لایق بودن lâyegh budan – to deserve, to be worthy of
- لاینحل lâyanhal – insoluble, unsolvable
- لاینفک lâyanfak – inseparable, integral, essential
- لاینقطع lâyanghate' – incessant, continuous, nonstop
- لایه lâye – layer, coat, ply, sheet
- لایهدار lâyedâr – layered, laminated
- لایهروبی lâyerubi – dredging
- لب lab – lip, edge, brink, bank
- لب زدن lab zadan – to taste, to touch with the lips
- لب کلام lobb-e kalâm – gist, essence, the point
- لباس lebâs – clothes, clothing, dress, outfit, costume
- لباس ابریشمی lebâs-e abrishami – silk clothing, silk garment
- لباس پوشاندن lebâs pushândan – to dress (someone), to clothe
- لباس پوشانیدن lebâs pushânidan – to dress (someone), to clothe
- لباس پوشیدن lebâs pushidan – to get dressed, to dress, to put on clothes
- لباس رسمی lebâs-e rasmi – formal wear, formal dress, suit, uniform
- لباس زیر lebâs-e zir – underwear, underclothes
- لباس مبدل lebâs-e mobaddal – disguise
- لباسشویی lebâsshuyi – laundry, washing machine, laundromat
- لباسفروش lebâsforush – clothes seller, clothier
- لبخند labkhand – smile
- لبخند زدن labkhand zadan – to smile
- لبریز labriz – brimming, overflowing, full
- لبریز شدن labriz shodan – to overflow, to spill over
- لبلاب lablâb – ivy
- لبنیات labaniyât – dairy products, dairy
- لبه labe – edge, rim, border, brim, ledge
- لثه lase – gum (in the mouth), gingiva
- لج laj – spite, stubbornness, obstinacy
- لجاجت lejâjat – obstinacy, stubbornness, persistence
- لجاجت کردن lejâjat kardan – to be obstinate, to be stubborn
- لجام lejâm – bridle, rein, bit
- لجام گسیخته lejâm gosikhte – unbridled, unruly, uncontrollable
- لجباز lajbâz – stubborn, obstinate, headstrong
- لجبازی lajbâzi – stubbornness, obstinacy
- لجن lajan – slime, sludge, mud, mire
- لجنزار lajanzâr – swamp, marsh, bog
- لجنمال lajanmâl – covered in mud, smeared with mud
- لجوج lajuj – stubborn, obstinate, headstrong
- لجوجانه lajujâne – stubbornly, obstinately
- لحاظ lahâz – point of view, perspective, respect, consideration
- لحاف lahâf – quilt, comforter
- لحظه lahze – moment, instant
- لحظه بحرانی lahze-ye bohrâni – critical moment, zero hour
- لحظهای lahze'i – momentary, instantaneous
- لحن lahn – tone, tone of voice, melody
- لحیم lehim – solder
- لحیم کردن lehim kardan – to solder
- لخت lokht – naked, nude, bare
- لخت شدن lokht shodan – to undress, to get undressed, to get robbed (colloquial)
- لخت کردن lokht kardan – to undress, to strip, to rob
- لخته lakhte – clot, lump
- لخته خون lakhte-ye khun – blood clot
- لختهشده lakhte shode – clotted, coagulated
- لذت lezzat – pleasure, enjoyment, delight, joy
- لذت بردن lezzat bordan – to enjoy, to take pleasure
- لذتبخش lezzatbakhsh – pleasant, enjoyable, delightful
- لذیذ laziz – delicious, tasty
- لرز larz – shiver, chill, tremble
- لرزان larzân – trembling, shaky, unsteady, wobbly
- لرزاندن larzândan – to shake, to make tremble, to vibrate
- لرزاننده larzânande – shaking, trembling, thrilling
- لرزش larzesh – shaking, trembling, vibration, tremor
- لرزش داشتن larzesh dâshtan – to shake, to vibrate, to tremble
- لرزش صدا larzesh-e sedâ – quaver, trill, tremolo
- لرزه larze – tremor, quake, vibration, shiver
- لرزهنگار larzenegâr – seismograph
- لرزیدن larzidan – to tremble, to shake, to shiver, to shudder, to vibrate
- لزج lezej – sticky, slimy, viscous
- لزوم lozum – necessity, need, requirement
- لژ lozh – box (theater), loge
- لژ سلطنتی lozh-e saltanati – royal box
- لسان lesân – language, tongue
- لشکر lashkar – army, division (military), corps
- لشگر lashgar – army, division (military)
- لطافت letâfat – delicacy, softness, tenderness, subtlety, elegance
- لطف lotf – kindness, favor, grace
- لطف کردن lotf kardan – to do a favor, to be kind
- لطفا lotfan – please
- لطمه latme – blow, damage, harm, shock
- لطیف latif – soft, delicate, tender, gentle, fine, subtle
- لطیفه latife – joke, witticism, quip
- لطیفهگو latifegu – joker, humorist, wit
- لعاب la'âb – glaze, enamel, saliva, mucilage
- لعاب دادن la'âb dâdan – to glaze
- لعابی la'âbi – glazed, enameled
- لعابی کردن la'âbi kardan – to glaze
- لعل la'l – ruby
- لعن la'n – curse, damnation
- لعنت la'nat – curse, damnation
- لعنت کردن la'nat kardan – to curse, to damn
- لعنتی la'nati – damned, cursed, damn
- لغت loghat – word, vocabulary, dictionary (colloquial)
- لغزان laghzân – slippery
- لغزش laghzesh – slip, slide, mistake, lapse
- لغزش خوردن laghzesh khordan – to slip, to trip
- لغزنده laghzande – slippery
- لغزیدن laghzidan – to slip, to slide, to skid, to stumble
- لغو laghv – cancellation, abolition, repeal, revocation
- لغو کردن laghv kardan – to cancel, to call off, to annul, to abolish, to revoke, to...
- لغوی loghavi – lexical, literal, linguistic
- لفاظی lafâzi – rhetoric, verbiage, wordiness
- لفاظی کردن lafâzi kardan – to use bombast, to use fancy words, to play with words
- لفاف lafâf – wrapping, wrapper, envelope
- لفافه lafâfe – wrapping, covering, veiled language
- لفظ lafz – word, expression, pronunciation
- لفظی lafzi – verbal, literal, oral
- لق lagh – loose, wobbly, rickety, shaky
- لق بودن lagh budan – to be loose, to wobble
- لقاح leghâh – fertilization, insemination, vaccination
- لقب laghab – title, nickname, epithet, surname
- لقب دادن laghab dâdan – to give a title, to nickname, to entitle
- لقمه loghme – morsel, bite, mouthful, sandwich (colloquial)
- لک lak – stain, spot, speck, blot
- لک کردن lak kardan – to get stained, to stain
- لکنت loknat – stutter, stammer
- لکنت داشتن loknat dâshtan – to stutter, to stammer
- لکه lake – stain, spot, blot, patch
- لکه ننگ lake-ye nang – stigma, stain of disgrace
- لگد lagad – kick
- لگد زدن lagad zadan – to kick
- لگد کردن lagad kardan – to trample, to kick, to tread on
- لگدپرانی lagadparâni – kicking
- لگدکوب lagadkub – trampled, trodden
- لگدمالی lagadmâli – trampling
- لگن lagan – basin, pelvis, bedpan
- لم lam – knack, trick, lounging position
- لم دادن lam dâdan – to lounge, to loll, to lie back
- لمس lams – touch, feeling
- لمس کردن lams kardan – to touch, to feel
- لمیدن lamidan – to recline, to lounge, to lie back
- لمیزرع lamyazra' – barren, uncultivated, arid
- لنگ lang – lame, limping, crippled
- لنگ بودن lang budan – to be lame, to limp, to be lacking (colloquial)
- لنگر انداختن langar andâkhtan – to anchor, to drop anchor, to moor
- لنگرگاه langargâh – anchorage, harbor, port
- لنگه lenge – one of a pair, mate, match, leaf (of a door), bale
- لنگیدن langidan – to limp, to hobble
- لوازم lavâzem – equipment, supplies, accessories, apparatus, appliances
- لواط lavât – sodomy
- لوبیا lubiyâ – bean
- لوث lows – pollution, contamination, defilement
- لوچ luch – cross-eyed, squint-eyed
- لوچی luchi – squint, strabismus
- لوح lowh – tablet, plate, board, plaque
- لوح یادبود lowh-e yâdbud – memorial plaque
- لودگی lowdegi – buffoonery, clowning, tomfoolery
- لودگی کردن lowdegi kardan – to clown around, to joke, to act the fool
- لوده lowde – clownish, silly, buffoon
- لوزالمعده lowzolme'de – pancreas
- لوزی lowzi – rhombus, diamond (shape), lozenge
- لوس lus – spoiled, childish, whiny, insipid
- لوس کردن lus kardan – to spoil (a child), to act childish
- لوستر lowster – chandelier
- لوطی luti – chivalrous, manly, generous, tough guy
- لوکوموتیو lokomotiv – locomotive, engine
- لول خوردن lul khordan – to wriggle, to squirm
- لولا lowlâ – hinge
- لولو lulu – bogeyman, bugbear
- لوله lule – pipe, tube, roll, barrel
- لوله تفنگ lule-ye tofang – gun barrel
- لولهکش lulekesh – plumber
- لولهکشی lulekeshi – plumbing, piping, pipeline
- لولیدن lulidan – to wriggle, to swarm, to squirm
- لوند lavand – flirtatious, coquettish, coquette
- له leh – crushed, mashed, squashed, in favor of (preposition)
- له شدن leh shodan – to be crushed, to be squashed, to be mashed
- له کردن leh kardan – to crush, to mash, to squash
- لهجه lahje – accent, dialect
- لی لی کردن lei lei kardan – to hop, to hopscotch
- لیاقت liyâghat – merit, competence, ability, worthiness
- لیتر litr – liter
- لیز liz – slippery, slick
- لیز خوردن liz khordan – to slip, to slide
- لیس lis – lick, licking
- لیس زدن lis zadan – to lick, to lap
- لیسانس lisâns – bachelor's degree
- لیست list – list
- لیست حقوق list-e hoghugh – payroll
- لیسه lise – scraper, spatula
- لیسیدن lisidan – to lick
- لیف lif – bath sponge, loofah, fiber
- لیمو limu – lemon
- لیموترش limutorsh – lemon, lime
- لیموناد limunâd – lemonade, lemon soda
- لیوان livân – glass, tumbler, mug
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