393 Persian words and phrases start with ش (shin). Common everyday words are in bold. Tap a word for its meanings, pronunciation and related words.
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- شاخ shâkh – horn, branch
- شاخ زدن shâkh zadan – to push, to butt, to gore
- شاخدار shâkhdâr – cuspidate, cornuted
- شاخص shâkhes – tyupical, indicator, index, dial
- شاخک shâkhak – antenna
- شاخه shâkhe – sprout, tributary, wing, grain, limb, bough, arm
- شاخه زدن shâkhe zadan – to sprout branches, to branch out
- شاد shâd – joyful, merry, exultant, happy, cheery, glad, debonair
- شاداب shâdâb – lush, succulent, juicy
- شادابی shâdâbi – succulence
- شادکام shâdkâm – upbeat, merry
- شادکامی shâdkâmi – welfare
- شادمان shâdemân – upbeat
- شادی shâdi – jubilation, joyance, mirth, curvet, glee, gala, caper
- شادی بخش shâdibakhsh – breezy
- شادی کردن shâdi kardan – to joy, to revel, to rejoice, to exult
- شارع shâre' – lawyer
- شارلاتان shârlâtân – charlatan
- شاش shâsh – piss, urine
- شاشیدن shâshidan – to piss, to urinate
- شاعر shâ'er – poet
- شاعری shâ'eri – poesy
- شاغل shâghel – practitioner
- شاق shâgh – onerous, astringent, burdensome, tall, severe, stark
- شاکر shâker – thankful
- شاکی shâki – complainant, actor, plaintiff, squawker
- شاگرد shâgerd – pupil, protege, student, disciple, apprentice, mate, votary
- شاگردی shâgerdi – journeywork
- شال shâl – wraparound, shawl
- شالوده shâlude – base, infrastructure, pedestal, texture, sole, skeleton
- شام shâm – supper, meat, dinner
- شامپانزه shâmpânze – chimpanzee
- شامگاه shâmgâh – eventide, eve
- شامل shâmel – inclusive, in
- شامل بودن shâmel budan – to comprise, to contain, to consist, to entail, to encompass
- شانزده shânzdah – sixteen
- شانزدهم shânzdahom – sixteenth
- شانزدهمین shânzdahomin – sixteenth, sixteen
- شانس shâns – odds, chance, fortune, fortuity, luck (Idiom: شانس یك بار در...
- شانسی shânsi – lottery
- شانه shâne – shoulder, comb, pitchfork, heckle
- شانه بالا انداختن shâne bâlâ andâkhtan – to shrug
- شانه کردن shâne kardan – to comb
- شاه shâh – sceptered, king
- شاه توت shâhtut – blackberry
- شاهانه shâhâne – sceptered, royal, majestic
- شاهد shâhed – theme, testimonial, instance, voucher
- شاهراه shâhrâh – superhighway, turnpike, thoroughfare, freeway, highway
- شاهرگ shâhrag – artery, aorta
- شاهزاده shâhzâde – lord, prince
- شاهکار shâhkâr – stunt, exploit, masterwork, mesterpiece, performance
- شاهنامه shâhnâme – epopee
- شاهنشاهی shâhanshâhi – imperial
- شاهین shâhin – hawk
- شایان shâyân – worthy, considerable
- شایبه shâ'ebe – alloy
- شاید shâyad – maybe, may, perhaps, perchance, peradventure, like, lest
- شایستگی shâyestegi – sufficiency, competence, desert, decency, eligibility, perti...
- شایستگی داشتن shâyestegi dâshtan – to able, to deserve
- شایسته shâyeste – proper, worthy, fit, competent, intrinsic, meritorious, meet...
- شایسته بودن shâyeste budan – to adequate, to merit, to deserve, to be worthy, to be appro...
- شایسته ترین shâyestetarin – best
- شایع shâye' – incident, prevalent, current, rife, rampant, widespread
- شایع شدن shâye' shodan – to prevail
- شایعات shâye'ât – canard, murmur
- شایعه shâye'e – buzz, hearsay, grapevine
- شأن sha'n – dignity, rank, grandeur, importance, their, status
- شب shab – eve, night
- شب بخیر shab bekheir – good night
- شب نشینی shabneshini – wake
- شبان shabân – pastor, looker
- شبانگاه shabângâh – nightfall
- شبانه shabâne – overnight, nocturnal, nightly
- شباهت shabâhat – semblance, proportion, propinquity, resemblance, equality, l...
- شباهت داشتن shabâhat dâshtan – to resemble
- شبح shabah – sprite, spook, spectrum, ghost, wraith, phantom, umbra, umbe...
- شبکه shabake – trellis, lattice, mesh, plexus, network, net, grille, gratin...
- شبکه ارتباطی shabakeye ertebâti – network
- شبکه ساختن shabake sâkhtan – to form a network, to mesh
- شبگرد shabgard – hobgoblin
- شبنم shabnam – dew, frost
- شبه shabah – quasi
- شبه قاره shebhe ghâre – subcontinent
- شبهه shobhe – doubt, misgiving
- شبیه shabih – simile, similar, quasi, alike, likeness, like, medal, make,...
- شبیه سازی shabihsâzi – imagery
- شپش shepesh – louse
- شپشه shishe – weevil, louse
- شتا shetâ – winter
- شتاب shetâb – tilt, speed, velocity, pelt, hustle, hurry, haste, dispatch
- شتاب دادن shetâb dâdan – to accelerate
- شتاب زده shetâbzade – hasty
- شتابان shetâbân – expedite
- شتافتن shetâftan – to hasten
- شتر shotor – camel (Idiom: شتر در خواب بیند پنبه دانه The cat dreams of m...
- شجاع shojâ' – stark, gallant, valiant, intrepid, brave
- شجاعت shojâ'at – courage, gallantry, heroism, pluck, valor, manhood, bravery
- شجره نامه shajarenâme – pedigree, genealogy
- شخص shakhs – subject, specimen, dude, cove, figure, one, guy, individual,...
- شخصی shakhsi – someone, somebody, own, one, personal, personable
- شخصیت shakhsiyat – self, character, personality, personage, identity, individua...
- شخم shokhm – plough, plow
- شخم زدن shokhm zadan – to husband, to plough, to plow
- شخم کردن shokhm kardan – to plough, to plow
- شدت shedat – severity, stringency, duress, gravity, acrimony, intensity,...
- شدت داشتن shedat dâshtan – to rage
- شدت عمل shedate amal – arrogance, force
- شدن shodan – to wind, to grow, to lapse, to branch, to become, to be
- شدنی shodani – precipitant, possible
- شدید shadid – rigorous, hard, intensive, vigorous, vehement, strenuous, st...
- شدید شدن shadid shodan – to intensify
- شدید کردن shadid kardan – to keen, to heighten
- شدیدالحن shadidolahn – overtone
- شراب sharâb – wine
- شرارت sherârat – iniquity, villainy, mischief, malfeasance, depravity
- شرافت sherâfat – honor
- شرافتمند sherâfatmand – upstanding
- شرافتمندانه sherâfatmandâne – honorable
- شرایط sharâyet – term, qualification
- شربت sharbat – juice, beverage, nectar
- شرح sharh – description, explanation, gloss, geography, tale, treatise,...
- شرح حال sharhe hâl – memoir
- شرح دادن sharh dâdan – to explain, to detail, to describe, to depict, to demonstrat...
- شرشر shorshor – gurgle
- شرط shart – condition, reservation, clause
- شرط بستن shart bastan – to bet
- شرطبندی کردن shartbandi kardan – to bet, to gamble, to wager
- شرطی sharti – provisional, eventual, conditional
- شرعی shar'i – according to Islamic law, religiously lawful, canonical
- شرعی کردن shar'i kardan – to legitimize (by religious law), to sanctify
- شرف sharaf – honor, dignity
- شرق shargh – east, the Orient
- شرقی sharghi – eastern, oriental, east
- شرکت sherkat – company, firm, corporation, participation
- شرکت جستن sherkat jostan – to participate, to take part
- شرکت کردن sherkat kardan – to participate, to take part, to attend
- شرکتی sherkati – corporate, company, joint
- شرم sharm – shame, modesty, shyness
- شرمآور sharmâvar – shameful, disgraceful, indecent
- شرمسار sharmsâr – ashamed, embarrassed
- شرمسار شدن sharmsâr shodan – to be ashamed, to feel embarrassed
- شرمنده شدن sharmande shodan – to be ashamed, to feel embarrassed, to blush
- شرمنده کردن sharmande kardan – to embarrass, to shame, to put to shame
- شروع shoru' – start, beginning, onset
- شروع کردن shoru' kardan – to start, to launch, to begin, to embark, to commence
- شریان shariyân – artery
- شریانی shariyâni – arterial
- شریف sharif – noble, honorable, decent
- شریک sherik – partner, associate, participant, accomplice
- شریک شدن sharik shodan – to share, to participate, to partake
- شریک کردن sherik kardan – to share (with), to make a partner, to involve
- شست shast – thumb
- شستن shostan – to wash, to clean, to rinse
- شستنی shostani – washable
- شستوشو shost-o-shu – washing, wash, rinse, cleaning
- شستوشو دادن shost-o-shu dâdan – to wash, to clean
- شسته شدن shoste shodan – to be washed
- شش shesh – six
- شش shosh – lung
- ششگانه sheshgâne – sixfold, six-part
- ششگوشه sheshgushe – hexagonal, six-sided
- ششم sheshom – sixth
- ششماهه sheshmâhe – six-month, semiannual, six months old
- ششمین sheshomin – sixth
- شصت shast – sixty
- شصتم shastom – sixtieth
- شصتمین shastomin – sixtieth
- شطرنج shatranj – chess
- شطرنجی کردن shatranji kardan – to pixelate, to make checkered
- شعار sho'âr – slogan, motto, chant
- شعاعی sho'â'i – radial
- شعبده sho'bade – magic trick, sleight of hand, conjuring
- شعبدهباز sho'badebâz – magician, conjurer, juggler
- شعر she'r – poem, poetry, verse
- شعله sho'le – flame
- شعله زدن sho'le zadan – to flame, to blaze, to flare
- شعلهور sho'levar – ablaze, aflame, flaming
- شعور sho'ur – good sense, intelligence, understanding
- شغل shoghl – job, occupation, profession, career
- شفا shafâ – cure, healing, recovery
- شفا دادن shafâ dâdan – to cure, to heal
- شفا یافتن shafâ yâftan – to be cured, to recover, to heal
- شفابخش shafâbakhsh – healing, curative, medicinal
- شفادهنده shafâdahande – healer, healing
- شفاعت shafâ'at – intercession, mediation
- شفاف shafâf – transparent, clear, lucid, crystal-clear
- شفاف بودن shafâf budan – to be transparent, to be clear
- شفاهی shafâhi – oral, verbal, spoken
- شفتالو shaftâlu – peach
- شفته shefte – lime mortar, lime concrete
- شفق shafagh – twilight, red evening glow, aurora
- شفیق shafigh – kind, affectionate, close (friend)
- شق شدن shagh shodan – to become stiff, to stand erect
- شک shak – doubt, uncertainty, suspicion
- شک داشتن shak dâshtan – to doubt, to suspect
- شکار shekâr – hunting, hunt, prey, game
- شکار کردن shekâr kardan – to hunt, to catch
- شکاربان shekârbân – gamekeeper
- شکارچی shekârchi – hunter
- شکارگاه shekârgâh – hunting ground, game preserve
- شکاف shekâf – crack, gap, split, rift, crevice
- شکاف دادن shekâf dâdan – to slit, to cut open, to split
- شکافتن shekâftan – to split, to split open, to slit, to cleave, to pierce
- شکافنده shekâfande – splitting, cleaving
- شکاکی shakâki – skepticism, suspiciousness, incredulity
- شکایت shekâyat – complaint, grievance, lawsuit
- شکایت کردن shekâyat kardan – to complain, to file a complaint, to sue
- شکر shekar – sugar
- شکر shokr – thanks (to God), gratitude
- شکست shekast – defeat, failure, break, fracture, refraction
- شکست خوردن shekast khordan – to be defeated, to lose, to fail
- شکست دادن shekast dâdan – to defeat, to beat, to overcome, to vanquish
- شکست فاحش shekast-e fâhesh – crushing defeat, utter failure
- شکستن shekastan – to break, to fracture, to crack, to smash
- شکستنی shekastani – breakable, fragile
- شکسته shekaste – broken, cracked, worn out (aged)
- شکستهنفسی shekaste nafsi – modesty, humility
- شکفتگی shekoftegi – blossoming, bloom, flowering
- شکفتن shekoftan – to bloom, to blossom, to open
- شکل shekl – shape, form, figure, appearance
- شکل دادن shekl dâdan – to shape, to form, to mold
- شکل گرفتن shekl gereftan – to take shape, to be formed, to form
- شکلک sheklak – grimace, funny face, emoticon
- شکم shekam – belly, stomach, abdomen, paunch
- شکمدرد shekamdard – stomachache, bellyache
- شکمی shekami – abdominal, gastric, ventral
- شکن shekan – fold, crease, wrinkle
- شکنجه shekanje – torture, torment
- شکنجه کردن shekanje kardan – to torture, to torment
- شکنندگی shekanandegi – fragility, brittleness
- شکننده shekanande – fragile, brittle, frail
- شکوفایی shokufâyi – flourishing, prosperity, blossoming
- شکوفه shokufe – blossom, bloom, flower
- شکوفه دادن shokufe dâdan – to blossom, to bloom, to flower
- شکوفه کردن shokufe kardan – to blossom, to bud, to bloom
- شکوه shokuh – glory, splendor, magnificence, grandeur, pomp
- شکوه کردن shekve kardan – to complain, to lament, to grumble
- شکیب shakib – patience, forbearance
- شکیبا shakibâ – patient, tolerant
- شکیبایی shakibâyi – patience, endurance, fortitude
- شکیل shakil – shapely, well-formed, pretty, elegant
- شگرف shegarf – remarkable, extraordinary, wondrous, profound
- شگفت shegeft – wonder, amazement, astonishment
- شگفتآور shegeftâvar – amazing, astonishing, surprising
- شگفتانگیز shegeftangiz – amazing, wonderful, astonishing, phenomenal
- شگون shogun – omen, good omen, auspice
- شل shol – loose, slack, limp, lax, baggy
- شل کردن shol kardan – to loosen, to relax, to slacken, to undo
- شلاق shalâgh – whip, lash, scourge
- شلاق زدن shalâgh zadan – to whip, to lash, to flog
- شلنگ shelang – hose
- شلوار shalvâr – pants, trousers
- شلوغ sholugh – crowded, busy, noisy, messy, chaotic
- شلوغی sholughi – crowd, bustle, chaos, commotion, congestion
- شلی sholi – looseness, slackness
- شلیک کردن shelik kardan – to fire, to shoot
- شلیل shalil – nectarine
- شما shomâ – you (plural or polite)
- شماتت کردن shemâtat kardan – to reproach, to taunt, to rebuke
- شمار shomâr – number, count
- شمارش shomâresh – counting, count, enumeration
- شمارشگر shomâreshgar – counter, enumerator
- شماره shomâre – number, issue (of a magazine), numeral
- شمال shomâl – north
- شمال باختری shomâl-e bâkhtari – northwestern, northwest
- شمال خاوری shomâl-e khâvari – northeastern, northeast
- شمال شرق shomâl-e shargh – northeast
- شمال شرقی shomâl-e sharghi – northeastern, northeast
- شمال غرب shomâl-e gharb – northwest
- شمال غربی shomâl-e gharbi – northwestern, northwest
- شمالی shomâli – northern
- شمردن shemordan – to count, to number, to enumerate, to reckon
- شمش shemsh – ingot, bullion, bar
- شمشیر shamshir – sword, blade
- شمشیرباز shamshirbâz – swordsman, fencer
- شمشیربازی shamshirbâzi – fencing
- شمشیربازی کردن shamshir bâzi kardan – to fence
- شمشیرزن shamshirzan – swordsman
- شمع sham' – candle, spark plug, prop
- شمعدان sham'dân – candlestick, candle holder
- شمول shomul – inclusion, coverage, scope
- شن shen – sand, gravel, grit
- شن پاشیدن shen pâshidan – to spread sand, to sand
- شنا shenâ – swimming, swim
- شنا کردن shenâ kardan – to swim
- شناخت shenâkht – knowledge, recognition, understanding, cognition
- شناختن shenâkhtan – to know, to recognize, to identify
- شناسایی shenâsâyi – identification, recognition, reconnaissance
- شناکننده shenâ konande – swimmer
- شناگر shenâgar – swimmer
- شناور shenâvar – floating, afloat, buoyant
- شناور شدن shenâvar shodan – to float
- شنبه shanbe – Saturday
- شنزار shenzâr – sandy area, sands, dunes
- شنگول shangul – cheerful, merry, jolly
- شنل shenel – cape, cloak
- شنوا shenavâ – having hearing, receptive, attentive
- شنوایی shenavâyi – hearing, sense of hearing
- شنونده shenavande – listener, auditor
- شنیدن shenidan – to hear, to listen
- شنیدنی shenidani – worth hearing, audible
- شنیع shani' – heinous, atrocious, foul, vile
- شوالیه shovâliye – knight
- شوخ shukh – playful, witty, funny, jocular
- شوخ بودن shukh budan – to be playful, to joke around
- شوخی shukhi – joke, fun, jest, prank
- شوخی کردن shukhi kardan – to joke, to kid, to jest, to tease
- شور کردن shur kardan – to salt, to make salty
- شورا showrâ – council
- شورانگیز shurangiz – exciting, thrilling, stirring, passionate
- شوربخت shurbakht – unfortunate, ill-fated, unlucky
- شورش shuresh – riot, revolt, rebellion, uprising
- شورشی shureshi – rebel, insurgent, rebellious
- شوروی showravi – Soviet, Soviet Union
- شوری shuri – saltiness, salinity
- شوریدگی shuridegi – frenzy, distraction, madness (of love)
- شوریدن shuridan – to rebel, to revolt, to rise up
- شوریده shuride – distraught, frenzied, crazy, madly in love
- شوفر shofer – driver, chauffeur
- شوق showgh – enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal, longing, delight
- شوک shok – shock
- شوم shum – ominous, sinister, unlucky, inauspicious
- شوهر showhar – husband
- شوهر دادن showhar dâdan – to marry off (a daughter), to give in marriage
- شوهردار showhardâr – married (woman)
- شوی shuy – husband
- شهاب shahâb – meteor, shooting star
- شهادت shahâdat – testimony, witness, martyrdom, evidence
- شهادت دادن shahâdat dâdan – to testify, to bear witness, to attest
- شهامت shahâmat – courage, bravery, daring
- شهبانو shahbânu – queen, empress
- شهد shahd – nectar, honey
- شهر shahr – city, town
- شهرت shohrat – fame, reputation, renown, surname (on forms)
- شهرت داشتن shohrat dâshtan – to be known (as), to be famous
- شهردار shahrdâr – mayor
- شهرستان shahrestân – county, town, the provinces
- شهرک shahrak – small town, township, settlement
- شهرنشین shahrneshin – city dweller, urbanite
- شهروند shahrvand – citizen
- شهری shahri – urban, city, civic, municipal
- شهریار shahriyâr – king, sovereign, monarch
- شهریه shahriye – tuition, tuition fee
- شهمات کردن shahmât kardan – to checkmate, to beat decisively
- شهوانی shahvâni – sensual, lustful, carnal, sexual
- شهوت shahvat – lust, sexual desire, passion
- شهوتانگیز shahvatangiz – sexy, erotic, arousing, sensual
- شهوتران shahvatrân – lecherous, lustful, promiscuous
- شهوترانی shahvatrâni – lechery, debauchery, sensual pleasure
- شهود shohud – intuition
- شهید shahid – martyr
- شیاد shayâd – swindler, con man, trickster, fraud
- شیادی shayâdi – fraud, swindling, con, trickery
- شیار shiyâr – groove, furrow, slot
- شیب shib – slope, incline, gradient, tilt
- شیب داشتن shib dâshtan – to slope, to tilt, to incline
- شیب ملایم shib-e molâyem – gentle slope
- شیبدار shibdâr – sloping, steep, inclined
- شیپور sheipur – trumpet, bugle, horn
- شیپور زدن sheipur zadan – to blow a trumpet, to trumpet
- شیخ sheikh – sheikh, elder, cleric
- شیدا sheidâ – infatuated, madly in love, lovelorn
- شیر shir – milk, lion, faucet
- شیر دادن shir dâdan – to breastfeed, to nurse, to feed milk
- شیرآب shir-e âb – faucet, tap
- شیرجه shirje – dive, plunge
- شیرجه رفتن shirje raftan – to dive
- شیرزن shirzan – brave woman, heroine
- شیره shire – sap, syrup, juice, grape molasses
- شیرهای shire'i – opium addict, junkie
- شیری رنگ shiri rang – milky, milk-white
- شیرینی shirini – pastry, sweets, cookie, sweetness
- شیشه shishe – glass, bottle, jar, window pane
- شیشهآلات shishe'âlât – glassware
- شیشهبر shishebor – glazier, glass cutter
- شیطان sheitân – Satan, devil, naughty (child)
- شیطنت sheitanat – mischief, naughtiness, prank
- شیطنت کردن sheitanat kardan – to be naughty, to make mischief, to misbehave
- شیطنتآمیز sheitanatâmiz – mischievous, naughty, sly
- شیفتگی shiftegi – infatuation, fascination, devotion
- شیفتن shiftan – to charm, to captivate, to fascinate
- شیفته shifte – infatuated, enamored, fond, captivated
- شیفته کردن shifte kardan – to captivate, to enthrall, to charm
- شیک shik – stylish, chic, elegant, smart
- شیکپوش shikpush – well-dressed, stylish, dandy
- شیمیایی shimiyâyi – chemical
- شیمیدان shimidân – chemist
- شیوا shivâ – eloquent, articulate, fluent
- شیوع shoyu' – outbreak, prevalence, spread
- شیوع یافتن shoyu' yâftan – to spread, to become widespread, to break out
- شیون shivan – wailing, lament, howl
- شیوه shive – method, way, style, manner, technique
- شیهه کشیدن sheihe keshidan – to neigh, to whinny
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