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PERSIAN DICTIONARY FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS Persian-English; English-Persian by Chérie Phillips,
NovaStoic Priest Copyright © 2004
by Cherie Phillips.
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WORDS M - P |
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| TRANSLITERATION | ALTERNATIVE | PERSIAN SCRIPT | ENGLISH |
| dastgāh | machine | ||
| khānum | madam; Ms.; Mrs.; wife; lady <colloquial> | ||
| majalle | magazine | ||
| māzhik | magic marker | ||
| sho' bade bāz | magician | ||
| post | |||
| post mi-kon-am | mail (I) | ||
| post kardan | mail (to) | ||
| post-e-havā'i | post-e havāyi | mail: air mail | |
| post-e-ma'muli | mail: surface mail | ||
| sandoq-e post | mailbox | ||
| medān-e asli | main square | ||
| aksariyat | aksariat; aksariyyat | majority | |
| sākhtan | make (to); to build | ||
| maskhare kardan | make fun of (to); to tease | ||
| ārāyesh | make-up | ||
| mard | man | ||
| adāre | edāre | management; department; government office; business office | |
| edār-e | management; department; office | ||
| modir | manager; director; chief | ||
| zāher kardan | manifest: make manifest; develop film | ||
| bashar | mankind | ||
| mardi | manliness | ||
| chetori | manner | ||
| ādāb | manners; customs; ceremonies | ||
| kārgar | manual worker; factory worker | ||
| kheyli ziyād | many; too much | ||
| mokhtalef | many; various | ||
| kheyli | besiār; ziād | many; very much; very; extremely | |
| besyār | besiār | many; very; extremely | |
| naqshe | map; plan | ||
| mārs | March | ||
| mārgārin | margarine | ||
| vaz'iyat-e ta'ahhol | marital status | ||
| qeble | marker <direction of prayer toward Mekka and the Kaba> | ||
| bāzār | market; bazaar | ||
| ezdevāj | marriage | ||
| mota'ahhel | married | ||
| ezdevāj kardan | marry (to) | ||
| showhar kardan | marry (to) <said of a woman> | ||
| zan gereftan | marry (to) <take a wife> | ||
| ezdevāj kardan bā | marry: to get married to | ||
| zan mi-gir-am | marry; get married <men only> | ||
| showhar mi-kon-am | marry; get married <woman only> | ||
| e'shā-e rabbāni | mass <Catholic> | ||
| māsāzh | massage | ||
| fowq-e lisāns | Master of Arts (M.A.); Master of Science (M.S.) | ||
| ostād | master; professor; craftsman | ||
| foq-e lisāns | fowq-e ilsāns | master's degree | |
| hasir | mat | ||
| mosābeqe | match; race; game show | ||
| kebrit | matches | ||
| pārche | material; cloth | ||
| riāzidān | mathematician | ||
| riāzi | riāziāt | mathematics | |
| ettefāqan | matter-of-fact <spelling with tanvin>; by chance | ||
| toshak | mattress | ||
| me | meh | May | |
| momken-e ___ | May I ___; May one ___ | ||
| ejāze hast | May I? | ||
| shāyad | maybe; perhaps | ||
| momken-e | maybe; possibly; it's possible <independent utterance only> | ||
| shahr dār | mayor | ||
| man ham hamintor | man-am hamintor | me neither; me too | |
| man ham hamintor | man-am hamintor | me too; me neither | |
| man | me; I | ||
| nāhār | nahār | meal <main>; lunch | |
| qazā | meal <use with mikhor->; food | ||
| qazā kashidan | meal: to serve a meal | ||
| -ra goftan | mean (to); intend _____ | ||
| ma'ni | maāni | meaning | |
| manzur | meaning <what people mean, not words>; intention | ||
| ya'ni | meaning: it means | ||
| ya'ni book | meaning: That means "book." | ||
| ya'ni che | ya'ni chi | meaning: What does that mean? What does it mean? | |
| vasile | vasāel | means; equipment; necessities | |
| dar zemn | meanwhile; at the same time | ||
| sanjidan | measure (to); to compare <infinitive> | ||
| sanj | measure (to); to compare <stem of sanjidan> | ||
| andāz-e | measure; extent; size | ||
| makke | Mecca <city of Mohammad's birth> | ||
| pezeshk-i | medical; medicine <as a field> | ||
| tebb | medicine | ||
| dāru | medicine; drug | ||
| madine | Medina <city where Mohammad fled to escape Mecca> | ||
| mediteyshen | meditation | ||
| didār kardan | meet (to) | ||
| molāqāt | meeting; encounter | ||
| āhang | melody; chant | ||
| ozv | member | ||
| hefz kardan | memorize (to) | ||
| hāfeze | hefz | memory | |
| yād | memory; mind | ||
| periyod | menstruation | ||
| zekr | mention | ||
| zekr kardan | mention (to) | ||
| list-e ghazā | menu | ||
| bāzar-gān | merchant; business man | ||
| tājer | merchant; business person | ||
| tojjār | merchants <plural of "tājer"> | ||
| khosh | merry; good; happy | ||
| sholuq kardan | mess: to make a mess; create an uproar | ||
| paighām | peyghām | message | |
| peyghām | paighām | message | |
| sholuq | shuluq | messy; noisy; crowded | |
| felezzi | metal | ||
| shahāb sang | meteor | ||
| metr | meter | ||
| metod | method | ||
| mikrofilm | microfilm | ||
| vasat | middle | ||
| khāvar-e miāne | Middle East | ||
| nime shab | midnight | ||
| migren | migraine | ||
| mil | mile | ||
| khedmat-e sarbāzi | military service | ||
| dushidan | milk (to) <infinitive> | ||
| dush | milk (to) <stem of dushidan> | ||
| milimetr | millimeter | ||
| polikopi mi-kon-am | mimeograph (I) | ||
| polikopi kardan | mimeograph (to); ditto | ||
| polikopi | mimeograph; ditto | ||
| zehn | mind | ||
| dar nazar dāshtan | mind: to have a mind; intend; plan | ||
| yād | mind; memory | ||
| mini zhup | miniskirt | ||
| aqalliyat | minority | ||
| daiqe | daqiqe | minute | |
| daqiqe | daiqe | minute | |
| ye daqiqe | minute (a) | ||
| daqiq | minute; exact; tiny | ||
| dar panj daqiq-e | minutes: in five minutes | ||
| āyne | mirror | ||
| seqt | miscarriage; abortion | ||
| del tang shodan | miss (to) <feel absence> | ||
| az dast dādan | miss (to); to lose | ||
| az dast raftan | missed: to be missed; to be lost | ||
| a'vazi | mistake (by) | ||
| eshtebāh kardan | mistake: to make a mistake | ||
| eshtebāh | mistake; error | ||
| makhlot kardan | mix (to) | ||
| āmikhtan | mix (to) <infinitive> | ||
| āmiz | mix (to) <stem of "āmikhtan"> | ||
| telefon-e hamrāh | mobile phone; cellular phone | ||
| mod | mode; current fashion | ||
| model | model | ||
| mo'tadel | moderate; temperate | ||
| modern | modern | ||
| martub | moist; humid | ||
| kerem-e narm konand-e | moisturizer | ||
| mowqe | moqe | moment; time | |
| some'e | monastery; convent | ||
| do shanbe | Monday <"n" pronounced as "m"> | ||
| pul | money | ||
| rāheb | monk | ||
| meymun | monkey | ||
| ābān | month: eighth month of the Persian year | ||
| bahman | month: eleventh month of the Persian year | ||
| māh-e gozashte | month: last month | ||
| māh-e ba'd | month: next month | ||
| ordibehesht | month: second month of the Persian year | ||
| in māh | month: this month | ||
| māh | month; a beauty; moon | ||
| banā-ye yādbud | monument | ||
| māh | moon; month; a beauty | ||
| harce ___ tar | more: the more | ||
| digar | dige | more; anymore; next time; other; else; in addition | |
| bishtar | more; better; mostly | ||
| bāmdād | sobh; pegāh | morning | |
| pegāh | sobh; bāmdād | morning | |
| sob | morning | ||
| sobh | bāmdād; pegāh | morning | |
| sobh-e zud | morning: early morning | ||
| sobh-bekheyr | morning: good morning | ||
| emruz sobh | morning: this morning | ||
| sobh-hā | sobā | mornings; in the morning(s) | |
| moslem | mosalmān | Moslem <lit: one who submits> | |
| masjed | masajed | mosque <lit: place of prostration and prayer> | |
| bishtar-e owqāt | most of the time | ||
| aksar-e | most; most of | ||
| aghlab | most; mostly; often | ||
| aksarā'n | mostly | ||
| bishtar | mostly; better; more | ||
| mādar | mother | ||
| mādar-e dust-am | mother: my friends mother | ||
| mādar shohar | mother-in-law <man's> | ||
| mādar zan | mother-in-law <woman's> | ||
| dāi | mother's brother | ||
| harakat | motion | ||
| motor | motor; engine <car> | ||
| qāyeq motori | motorboat | ||
| motorsiklet | motorcycle | ||
| mulān ruzh | Moulin Rouge | ||
| kuh | mountain | ||
| reshte | mountain chain; field <of study>; discipline | ||
| kuh-navardi | mountain climbing | ||
| panāhgāh | mountain hut; shelter | ||
| rāh-e kuhestāni | mountain path | ||
| reshte kuh | mountain range | ||
| kuh navardi | mountaineering | ||
| kuhestani | mountainous | ||
| kuhestan | mountainous region | ||
| dahān-am | mouth | ||
| dahān | dahan | mouth; lips | |
| rāndan | move (to); to drive <infinitive> | ||
| rān | move (to); to drive <stem of rāndan> | ||
| jonbindan | move (to); to shake <vi> <infinitive> | ||
| jonb | move (to); to shake <vi> <stem of jonbāndan> | ||
| jonbāndan | move (to); to shake <vt> <infinitive> | ||
| jonbān | move (to); to shake <vt> <stem of jonbāndan> | ||
| filmsāz | movie producer | ||
| sinemā | movie theater; cinema; movie | ||
| sinemā | movie; movie theater; cinema | ||
| āqā-ye firuzi | Mr. Firuzi | ||
| āqā-ye sharifi | Mr. Sharifi | ||
| āqā | Mr.; gentleman; sir | ||
| khānom-e sharifi | Ms. Sharifi <formal> | ||
| khānum-e shirāzi | Ms. Shirazi <colloquial> | ||
| khānom | khānum | Ms.; wife; lady, Mrs. | |
| az bas | much (so) | ||
| ānqadr | much: so much | ||
| ziādi | much: too much; extra; excessive | ||
| kheyli ziyād | much: too much; many | ||
| ziād | much; a lot; too; too much; plenty; very | ||
| gel | mud | ||
| rangā-rang | multicolored | ||
| a'zol-e | muscle | ||
| muze | museum | ||
| musiqi | muzik | music | |
| muzik | musiqi | music | |
| musighi | guruh | music <band> | |
| kāset-e muzik | music cassette | ||
| musiqi-dān | musiqi-dun; muzisian | musician | |
| muzisian | musiqi-dān; musiqi-dun | musician | |
| musiqi-shenās | musicologist | ||
| musiqi-shenās-i | musicology | ||
| mosalmān | mosalmun | Muslim | |
| nācār | must; obliged | ||
| bāyad | must; should; ought | ||
| sebil | sibil | mustache | |
| bisedā | mute | ||
| berehne | naked; bare | ||
| nām | esm | name | |
| esm-e kucik | esm-e-kucek | name (first) | |
| esm-e fāmili | name (last) | ||
| nāmidan | name (to); to call <infinitive> | ||
| nām | name (to); to call <stem of nāmidan> | ||
| be-nām-hāy | name: by the name of | ||
| esm-e dust-e barādaram | name: name of my brothers friend | ||
| em-e barādar-am | name; my brothers name | ||
| esm | nāme | name; noun | |
| bārik | narrow | ||
| pārk-e melli | national park | ||
| tabae' | national; subject | ||
| meliyyat | nationality | ||
| ahāli | natives; inhabitants | ||
| gāz | natural gas | ||
| tabi'at | nature | ||
| tahav-vo' | nausea | ||
| nazdik | near | ||
| pish-e | near; to; toward | ||
| zadik | nearby | ||
| lāzem | necessary | ||
| vasile | vasāel | necessities; means; equipment | |
| gardan band | necklace | ||
| kerāvāt zadan | necktie: put on a necktie; to wear | ||
| kerāvāt | necktie; tie | ||
| lāzem dāshtan | need (to) | ||
| ehtiyāj dāshtan | need (to); to require | ||
| suzan | needle <sewing; syringe> | ||
| manfi | negātiv | negative | |
| negātiv | manfi | negative <film> | |
| hamsāye | neighbor | ||
| mahall-e | neighborhood | ||
| ham | am | neither; also; too; same <in compounds> | |
| hich kodām | hich kodum | neither; none | |
| a'sāb | a'sab | nerves | |
| dastpāce | nervous; anxious; flustered | ||
| tur | net | ||
| hargez | hichgah; hichvaqt | never | |
| hichgah | hichvaqt; hargez | never | |
| hichvaqt | hargez; hichgah | never | |
| hargez | hichvaqt; hichgah | never | |
| e'yb nadār-ad | e'yb nadār-e; peste | never mind; no problem; not having fault | |
| peste | a'yeb nadār-e; e'yb nadār-ad | never mind; not having fault | |
| a'yeb nadār-e | e'yb nadār-ad; peste | never mind; not having fault; no problem | |
| now | no | new | |
| e'yd-e now ruz | now ruz | New Year | |
| now ruz | e'yd-e now ruz | New Year | |
| ruz-e sāl-e no | New Year's Day | ||
| nio yorki | New Yorker | ||
| jadid | new; modern | ||
| akhbār | khabar | news | |
| akhbār | news <plural of khabar> | ||
| ruznāme furushi | news agency | ||
| khabar | akhbār | news program; news | |
| khabar nadāram az | news: I have no news/information about | ||
| khabar | akhbār | news; news program | |
| ruznāme | newspaper | ||
| ruznāme-in | newspaper reporter | ||
| ruznāmehā ye ingilisi | newspaper: English-language newspaper | ||
| ruznāme-ye hasan | newspaper: Hassans newspaper | ||
| ba'd-i | next | ||
| digar | dige | next time; other; else; more; anymore; in addition | |
| nazdik be | next to | ||
| baqa-e dast-e | next to <a person> | ||
| baqal-e | next to <something> | ||
| āyande | next; coming; future | ||
| pahlu | next; side | ||
| niagara | Niagara Falls | ||
| khub | nice; well; good | ||
| pare-shab | pari-shab | night before last | |
| shab bekheyr | shab khosh | night: good evening; good night | |
| shab khosh | shab bekheyr | night: good night; good evening | |
| dishab | night: last night | ||
| shab bekheyr | shab khosh | night; good night; good evening | |
| shab | night; evening | ||
| bolbol | nightingale | ||
| shabhā | shabā | nights | |
| nohom | ninth | ||
| na | no | ||
| nakheyr | nakher | no <formal> | |
| hich | no <in compounds>; nothing; none | ||
| hich kas | hic kas | no one | |
| e'yb nadārad | e'yb nadāre | no problem; never mind | |
| sar o sedā | noise | ||
| por-sar-o-sedā | noisy | ||
| sholuq | shuluq | noisy; crowded; messy | |
| kuchneshini | nomadism | ||
| gheyr-e mostaqim | non-direct | ||
| hich kodām | hich kodum | none; neither | |
| hich | none; no <in compounds>; nothing | ||
| zohr | noon (at) | ||
| sar-e zohr | noon <exactly>; noon sharp | ||
| shomāl | north | ||
| shomāli | northern; northerner | ||
| bini | beyne; damāq | nose | |
| damāq | bini; beyne | nose | |
| aslan ne-__ | not at all ___ with negative verb> | ||
| nist | not: is not | ||
| not | note <musical notation> | ||
| datarch-e | notebook | ||
| daftar-e siāh | notebook: black notebook | ||
| daftar-e fārsi | notebook: Persian notebook | ||
| daftar | notebook; office | ||
| hich chiz | hich chi; hich-i | nothing | |
| hich | nothing; no <in compounds>; none | ||
| chizi | nothing; something; anything | ||
| āghi | notice; advertisement | ||
| esm | noun; name | ||
| romān | novel | ||
| novāmbr | November | ||
| aknun | alān; hālā | now | |
| alān | hālā; aknun | now | |
| hālā | alān; aknun | now | |
| fe'lan | now; for now | ||
| jāi | nowhere; somewhere; anywhere | ||
| enerezhi ye hast-eyi | nuclear energy | ||
| āzemāyesh-e hast-āyi | nuclear testing | ||
| dard-e sar | nuisance; headache <figuratively speaking> | ||
| te'dād | number | ||
| chandin | number: a number; quite a few; several | ||
| chandom | number: what number <first, second, etc.> | ||
| shomāre | number; issue <of magazine> | ||
| rāheb-e | nun | ||
| parastār | nurse | ||
| mohad kodak | nursery; kindergarten | ||
| irād | objection; criticism | ||
| gereftāri | obligation; engagement | ||
| majbur | obliged | ||
| nācār | obliged; must | ||
| vāzeh | obvious; clear | ||
| kār | occupation; life; work; job | ||
| bār | occurrence; time; burden; load; baggage | ||
| oqyānus | ocean | ||
| oktobr | October | ||
| bu | odor; smell | ||
| az | of; from; than; with | ||
| tohin | offense | ||
| tāārof kardan be | offer: to offer to | ||
| kār-e edāri | office work | ||
| kārmand | office worker | ||
| adāre | edāre | office: business office; government office; department; management | |
| adāre | edāre | office: government office; business office; department; management | |
| daftar | office; notebook | ||
| afsar | officer | ||
| rasmi | official | ||
| aghlab | often; most; mostly | ||
| sherkat-e naft | oil: the oil company | ||
| naft | oil; kerosene | ||
| bāshe | okay | ||
| bāshad | bāshe | okay; let it be; so be it | |
| pir | old <person> | ||
| piri | old age | ||
| shahr-e qadimi | old city | ||
| pir kardan | old: to make old | ||
| qadimi | old; ancient; former; out of date | ||
| kohne | old; worn out; rag; diaper | ||
| zeyfun | olives | ||
| bāzihā ye ālampik | Olympic Games | ||
| o'mār | Omar <caliph> | ||
| sar-e | on; at the head of; at; by | ||
| dar | on; door; in; within; at | ||
| ru | on; face | ||
| bar | on; up; upon | ||
| ruye | ru | on; upon; over; aboard | |
| ye bār | once; one time | ||
| yekdigar | one another; each other | ||
| dune-dune | yeki-yeki | one by one; singly | |
| yeki-yeki | dune-dune | one by one; singly | |
| yek sāat | one hour | ||
| yeki digar | one more | ||
| yeki dige | one more | ||
| yek loqat-e digar | one more <e.g. word, etc.> | ||
| sāat-e yek | one oclock | ||
| yeki az | one of <+ plural noun> | ||
| ye bār | one time; once | ||
| ye sare | one way <ticket> | ||
| yek | ye | one; a | |
| khwish | one's own <silent w> | ||
| piāz | onion | ||
| faqat | tānhā | only | |
| tanhā | only; alone; lonely | ||
| goshundan | open (to) <eg. fair, etc.> <infinitive> | ||
| goshā | open (to) <eg. fair, etc.> <stem of goshudan> | ||
| bāz shodan | open (to) <intransitive v.> | ||
| bāz kardan | open (to) <transitive v.> | ||
| bāz | open; again | ||
| eftetāh | majrā | opening | |
| majrā | eftetāh | opening | |
| operā | opera | ||
| a'mal | operation | ||
| operātor | operator | ||
| a'qide | nazar | opinion | |
| nazar | a'qide | opinion | |
| be nazar-e-man | be nazar-e-am | opinion: in my opinion | |
| be nazar-e shomā | opinion: in your opinion | ||
| forsat kardan | opportunity: find the opportunity to; to have a chance to | ||
| forsat | opportunity; chance | ||
| bar-a'ks | mokhālef | opposite | |
| mokhālef | bar-a'ks | opposite | |
| cheshm pezeshk | optician | ||
| yā | or | ||
| dahāni | shafāhi | oral | |
| shafāhi | dahāni | oral | |
| emtehān-e shafāhi | oral examination | ||
| nārenji | portoqāli | orange <color> | |
| portoqāli | nārenji | orange <color> | |
| porteqāl | orange; Portugal | ||
| bāgh | orchard; garden | ||
| orkestr | orchestra | ||
| sefāresh | order | ||
| dastur dādan | order (to) | ||
| barāye inke | barāye inki | order: in order to; because | |
| sāzmān | organization; society | ||
| kojāi | origin: of what origin; of what place; where from | ||
| asil | original; classic | ||
| asli | original; principal | ||
| aslan | originally | ||
| o'smān | o'thmān | Osman <caliph> | |
| digar | dige | other; else; more; anymore; next time; in addition | |
| bāyad | ought; should; must | ||
| qadimi | out of date; old; ancient; former | ||
| birun | out; outside | ||
| kesel | out-of-sorts; unwell | ||
| birun | outside; out | ||
| barjeste | outstanding | ||
| tanur | oven <ceramic> | ||
| ruye | ru | over; aboard; on; upon | |
| overkot | pālto | overcoat; coat | |
| pālto | overkot | overcoat; coat | |
| ezāfe kar | overtime | ||
| gharz dāshtan | owe (to) | ||
| sāheb | owner | ||
| gāve-e nar | ox; bull | ||
| oksizhen | oxygen | ||
| lāye ye ozon | ozone layer | ||
| pe | p <alphabet> | ||
| ba'd-az-zohr | pas-az-zohr; pas-az-nimruz | p.m.; afternoon, in the afternoon | |
| gozāshtan | pace (to); to let; to allow; to put <infinitive> | ||
| pāsifik | Pacific | ||
| sinemā-ye pāsifik | Pacific Theater | ||
| pestānak | pacifier; dummy | ||
| bast-e | package; parcel; closed | ||
| paimān | pact; treaty | ||
| qofl-e zanjir | padlock | ||
| barg | page; leaf | ||
| owraq | pages | ||
| mozāhem | pain in the neck | ||
| dard | pain; ache | ||
| dard kardan | pain; to hurt | ||
| dardnāk | painful | ||
| mosakken | painkiller | ||
| zahmat keshidan | zahmat barāve | pains: to take pains for someone else | |
| rang kardan | paint (to) | ||
| naqqāsh-i kard | kon | paint (to); to draw | |
| naqqāsh-i kardan | paint (to); to draw <a drawing> | ||
| rang | paint; color | ||
| naqqāsh | painter | ||
| naqqāsh-i | painting <art> | ||
| zoj | pair <a couple> | ||
| joft | dastkesh | pair <of gloves> | |
| pizhāme | pajamas | ||
| qasr | palace | ||
| māhi tāb-e | pan | ||
| shalvār | pants; trousers | ||
| kāghaz | paper | ||
| pākat | paper bag; envelope | ||
| falaj-e dast o-pā | paraplegic | ||
| bast-e ye posti | parcel | ||
| bast-e | parcel; package; closed | ||
| jān | jun | pardon me; dear; soul; life | |
| bal-e | Pardon me?; yes | ||
| pedar-o mādar | parents | ||
| pārk | park (a) | ||
| pārk kardan | park (to) | ||
| pārking | parking lot | ||
| majles | parliament | ||
| bakhsh | part; section; department <university>; district | ||
| qesmat | part; section; portion | ||
| khorde | particle; small amount; bit | ||
| mehmāni | mehmuni | party | |
| mehmuni | mehmāni | party | |
| siyāsathā ye hezbi | party politics | ||
| javāz-e u'bur | pass | ||
| mi-gozar-am | pass (I); I go by | ||
| gozar | pass (to) <vi> <stem of gozashtan> | ||
| gozashtan | pass (to); pass by; go by <vi> <infinitive> | ||
| gozashtan | pass by; go by; to pass <vi> <infinitive> | ||
| mosāfer | passenger; traveller | ||
| gozarnāme | pāsport | passport | |
| pāsport | gozarnāme | passport | |
| shomāre ye pāsport | passport number | ||
| gozashte | past; last | ||
| carāgāh | pasture | ||
| masir | path; track | ||
| sabr | patience | ||
| sabur | patient <adj.> | ||
| mariz | bi-mār | patient; sick; a sick person; ill | |
| piyādero | pavement; sidewalk | ||
| pardākhtan | pay (to); to reimburse <infinitive> | ||
| pardāz | pay (to); to reimburse <stem of pardākhtan> | ||
| ezāfe hoquq | pay raise; bonus | ||
| pardākht | payment | ||
| solh | peace | ||
| oj | peak | ||
| āber | pedestrian | ||
| piyāde | pedestrian; on foot | ||
| qalam | pen | ||
| khodnevis | pen: automatic fountain pen | ||
| khodkar-e ābi | pen: blue pen | ||
| medād | notkara | pencil | |
| notkara | medād | pencil | |
| bā-medād | pencil: with a pencil | ||
| penisilin | penicillin | ||
| mostamerri begir | pensioner | ||
| mardom | people | ||
| aqvām | peoples; relatives <plural of "qoam"> | ||
| darsad | percent | ||
| dar sad | percentage | ||
| kamāl | perfection | ||
| ejirā kardan | perform (to) | ||
| anjām dādan | perform (to); to fulfill | ||
| shāyad | perhaps; maybe | ||
| dard-e periyod | period pain | ||
| dāe'mi | permanent | ||
| ejāze | permission | ||
| mojav-vez | permit | ||
| ejāze dādan | permit (to); to allow | ||
| ejāze bedin | Permit me! | ||
| parvāne | permit; license; butterfly | ||
| fārsi | Persian | ||
| dar fārsi | Persian (in) <location: e.g., six vowels in Persian, etc.> | ||
| be fārsi | Persian (in) <use with adverbs: e.g., I=ll say it in Persian, etc.> | ||
| fārsi-e man | Persian (my) | ||
| āmuzesh fārsi | Persian classes; Persian instruction | ||
| khalij-e fārs | Persian Gulf | ||
| emtehān-e fārsi | Persian test | ||
| fārsi mi-khun-e | Persian: He is studying Persian. | ||
| esrār kardan | persist (to); to insist | ||
| fard | kas | person | |
| kas | fard | person | |
| kasi | person (a); someone | ||
| nafar | person <sometimes used as a counter> | ||
| ādam | person; Adam; human | ||
| shakhsiyat | personality | ||
| a'raq kardan | perspire (to) | ||
| shekāyat | petition | ||
| benzin | petrol; gasoline; gas | ||
| dārukhāne | pharmacy; chemist | ||
| falsafe | philosophy | ||
| dafter-e telefon | phone book | ||
| bāje ye telefon | phone box | ||
| kārt-e telefon | phone card | ||
| gerām | phonograph | ||
| a'ks gereftan | photo: to take photographs; to take pictures | ||
| fotokopi | photocopy | ||
| fotokopi kardan | zirāks kardan | photocopy (to) | |
| zirāks kardan | fotokopi kardan | photocopy (to) | |
| fotokopi mi-kon-am | photocopying (I do) | ||
| a'ks mi-gir-am | photograph: I take a photograph; I take a picture | ||
| a'ks gereft | gir | photograph: to take a photograph; to take a picture | |
| a'ks gereftan az | photograph: to take photographs of | ||
| a'ks | photograph; picture | ||
| a'kkās | photographer | ||
| a'kkāsi | photography | ||
| a'kkāsi kard | photography (did); was in photography | ||
| a'kkāsi kardan | photography (to do) | ||
| a'kkāsi kon | photography (to do); to be in photography | ||
| e'bārat | ebārat | phrase | |
| tabib | pezeshk | physician | |
| pezeshk | tabib | physician; doctor | |
| fizikdān | physicist | ||
| fizik | physics | ||
| piāno | piano | ||
| chidan | pick (to); to cut; to arrange <infinitive> | ||
| bar dāshtan | pick up (to) ; to grow; to raise | ||
| baqal kardan | pick up (to) <eg. a child>; embrace | ||
| chin | pick up (to); to cut <stem of chidan> | ||
| bardāshtan | pick: to pick up; to take off <eg. hat> | ||
| kolang | pick axe | ||
| a'ks | picture; photograph | ||
| tikke | piece | ||
| khuk | pig | ||
| hajj | pilgrimage to Mecca | ||
| qors | pill | ||
| qors-e khāb | pill: sleeping pill | ||
| qors-e zedd-e hāmelegi | pill: the Pill <birth control> | ||
| shah-ādat | pillar: first pillar <Muslim obligatory practice of faith> | ||
| namāz-e jom'e | pillar: second pillar <Muslim obligatory practice of faith> | ||
| arkān | rokn | pillars of Islam <Muslim obligatory practices of faith> | |
| rokn | arkān | pillars of Islam <Muslim obligatory practices of faith> | |
| bālesh | pillow | ||
| rubāleshi | pillowcase | ||
| surati | pink | ||
| pip | pipe | ||
| kheyli heyf-e | pity; really a shame | ||
| gonjāndan | place (to); to insert <infinitive> | ||
| gonjān | place (to); to insert <stem of gonjāndan> | ||
| gozārdan | place (to); to put <infinitive> | ||
| gozār | place (to); to put <stem of gozārdan> | ||
| mahall-e tavallod | place of birth | ||
| mahall-e kār | place of work | ||
| sar-e jāsh | place: at or in his/her/its place | ||
| kojāi | place: of what place; of what origin; where from | ||
| mahall | mahal | place; location | |
| jā | place; room; space; seat | ||
| sād-e | plain; simple | ||
| dasht | plains; field | ||
| dar nazar dāshtan | plan; intend; to have a mind | ||
| naqshe | plan; map | ||
| barnāme | plan; program | ||
| sayyāre | planet | ||
| giyāh | plant | ||
| mi-kār-am | plant (I) | ||
| neshāndan | plant (to); to seat <infinitive> | ||
| neshān | plant (to); to seat <stem of neshāndan> | ||
| kāshtan | plant (to); to sow; to cultivate; to plant <infinitive> | ||
| pelāstik | plastic | ||
| boshqāb | plate | ||
| falāt | plateau | ||
| sakku | platform | ||
| mi-zan-am | play (I) <instrument>; I strike; I hit | ||
| bāzi mi-kon-am | play (I) <sports> | ||
| mi-gozār-am | mi-zar-am | play (I); I allow | |
| bāzi kardan | varaq bāzi kardan | play (to) | |
| varaq bāzi kardan | bāzi kardan | play (to) | |
| zad | zan | play (to) <musical instrument>; to hit; to beat; to strike | |
| zadan | play (to) <instrument>; to hit; to beat; to strike <infinitive> | ||
| navākhtan | play (to) <music> <infinitive> | ||
| navāz | play (to) <music> <stem of navākhtan> | ||
| zandan | play (to); to hit | ||
| namāyeshnāme | play <theater>; drama | ||
| bāzi | play; game | ||
| bāzikon | player <sports> | ||
| varaq | playing cards | ||
| meydān | meydun | plaza; square; court | |
| khoshakhlāq | pleasant; agreeable; nice | ||
| lotfan | please | ||
| rāzi kardan | please (to); to satisfy | ||
| be farmāin | befarmāid | please <help yourself> <taarof phrase> | |
| khwāhesh ne-mi-kon-e | please do not | ||
| khwāhesh mi-kon-am tekrār kon-id | please repeat it <silent "w"> | ||
| lotfan konid | Please! | ||
| khwāhesh mi-kon-am | khāhesh mi-kon-am | Please!; You're welcome!; Thank you! <taarof> <silent w> | |
| befarmāid | please<command> | ||
| khosh vaqt shodam | pleased: I am pleased to have met you | ||
| khoshhāl shodan | pleased: to be pleased; to be happy | ||
| khoshvaqt | pleased; glad; happy; fortunate | ||
| khoshhāl | pleased; happy | ||
| bā kamāl-e khoshhāli | bā kamāl-e meyl | pleasure: with the greatest of pleasure or happiness | |
| bā kamāl-e meyl | bā kamāl-e khoshāli | pleasure: with the greatest of pleasure or happiness | |
| ziād | plenty; very; much; a lot; too; too much | ||
| khish | khysh | plowshare | |
| doshākh-e | plug <electricity> | ||
| chāpidan | plunder (to); to loot <infinitive> | ||
| chāp | plunder (to); to loot <stem of chāpidan> | ||
| jame | plural | ||
| -hā | -ā; -hā | plural morpheme | |
| jib | |||
| she'r | poem; song; lyric; poetry | ||
| she'r | poetry; poem; song; lyric | ||
| eshār-e kardan | point (to); to give a sign | ||
| noqte | point <tip> | ||
| poker | poker | ||
| polis | police | ||
| pāsbān | policeman | ||
| tāārof mi-kon-am | polite phrases: you use polite phrases | ||
| chashm | polite response to a request | ||
| adab | politeness; courtesy | ||
| o'lum-e siāsi | political science | ||
| sokhanrāni ye siyāsi | political speech | ||
| siyāsatmadār | politician | ||
| siyāsat | politics | ||
| sisat | politics; diplomacy; tact; policy | ||
| garde | pollen | ||
| ārā-e u'mumi | polls | ||
| āludegi | pollution | ||
| zabāndān | polyglot <speaks many languages> | ||
| faqir | poor | ||
| bichāre | poor; helpless; unfortunate | ||
| mashhur | popular; famous | ||
| jamiat | population | ||
| bandar | bander | port | |
| qesmat | portion; part; section | ||
| porteqāl | Portugal; orange | ||
| mosbat | positive; affirmative | ||
| dār | possess (to); to have <stem of dāshtan> | ||
| dāshtan | possess (to); to have; to keep <infinitive> | ||
| asbāb | possessions; belongings; effects | ||
| emkān | possibility | ||
| momken | possible | ||
| momken nist | possible: it is not possible | ||
| mishe | possible: it's possible; Is it possible? | ||
| emkān dāshtan | possible: to be possible | ||
| kārt-postāl | post card | ||
| edārā-e ye post | post office | ||
| post khāne | post khune | post office | |
| hazin-e ye posti | postage | ||
| kārt-e postāl | postcard | ||
| puster | poster | ||
| sofāl gari | pottery | ||
| kubidan | pound (to); to knock at <infinitive> | ||
| kub | pound (to); to knock at <stem of kubidan> | ||
| pond | pound <British currency> | ||
| rikhtan | pour (to); to spill <infinitive> | ||
| riz | pour (to); to spill <stem of rikhtan> | ||
| faqr | poverty | ||
| qodrat | power | ||
| tamrin mi-kon-am | practice (I) | ||
| tamrin mi-kon-am | practice (I) | ||
| tamrin kardan | practice (to) | ||
| tamrin mi-kon-in | practice (you) | ||
| tamrin kon-id | practice! (you) | ||
| tamrin ne-mi-kon-e | practice: you do not practice | ||
| tamrin | practice; drill; exercise | ||
| tamrin mi-kon-e | practices (s/he) | ||
| ta'rif kardan āz | ta'rif kardan | praise (to); commend; describe; define | |
| ta'rif | praise; description; definition | ||
| do'ā | prayer | ||
| ketāb-e do'ā | prayer book | ||
| tarjih dādan | prefer (to) | ||
| emtiyāz | preference; concession; advantage | ||
| mi- | prefix: present tense; verbal prefix in present and past continuous/habitual | ||
| hāmele | pregnant | ||
| honar-e pish tārikhi | prehistoric art | ||
| dorost mi-kon-am | prepare (I); make; cook; correct; repair; fix | ||
| āmāde kardan | prepare (to) | ||
| tahie kardan | prepare (to); provide | ||
| dorost kardan | prepare (to); to fix | ||
| hāzer kardan | prepare; to make ready | ||
| dorost kard | prepared (I); made; cooked; corrected; repaired <past stem> | ||
| tashrif dar-ad | tashrif dar-e | present (s/he is) | |
| tashrif dast-an | present (to be) | ||
| hāl | present <time>; health; condition | ||
| hāzer | present; ready; willing | ||
| erā'e | presentation | ||
| mojri | presenter <e.g. television, etc.> | ||
| ra'is | president; boss; chief | ||
| feshār | pressure; to squeeze <stem of feshordan> | ||
| tazāhor kardan | pretend (to) | ||
| zibā | pretty | ||
| nesbatan | pretty much so; relatively | ||
| qashang | pretty; beautiful; well <polite phrase> | ||
| jelogiri kardan | prevent (to) | ||
| qabli | previous; prior | ||
| qablan | previously; before | ||
| nerkh | price | ||
| qeymat | price; value | ||
| ghorur | pride | ||
| keshish | priest | ||
| nakhost vazir | prime minister | ||
| asli | principal; original | ||
| chāp kardan | print (to) | ||
| chāp | print; printing | ||
| chāp shodan | printed (to be) | ||
| chāp | printing; print | ||
| zendun | prison; jail | ||
| zenduni | prisoner | ||
| asir | prisoner; captive | ||
| khususi | private | ||
| khususi sāzi | privatization | ||
| masale | problem | ||
| eshkālāt | problems; difficulties | ||
| tolid kardan | produce (to) | ||
| tolid konande | producer | ||
| mahsul | mahsulāt | product <esp. agricultural> | |
| herfe | profession | ||
| mohandes | mohandesin | professional title <like doctor>; engineer | |
| ostād | professor, craftsman; master | ||
| sud | profit | ||
| sud dehi | profitability | ||
| sarsabz | profusely green; verdant | ||
| barnāme | program; plan | ||
| pishraft kardan | progress (make); to advance | ||
| pishraft | progress; advance | ||
| porozhoktor | projector | ||
| va'de | promise | ||
| qol dādan | qowl dādan | promise (to) | |
| talaffoz mi-kon-e | pronounces (s/he) | ||
| talaffoz mi-kon-am | pronounce (I) | ||
| talaffoz kardan | talafoz kardan | pronounce (to) | |
| talaffoz kon-id | pronounce it! | ||
| talaffoz ne-mi-kon-e | pronounce: you do not pronounce | ||
| talaffoz | talafoz | pronunciation | |
| tabligh | propaganda | ||
| tabliqāt | propaganda; advertisement | ||
| māl | property; belongings | ||
| mohāmmād | mohammad | Prophet Mohammad | |
| payqambar-e khodā | rasulollāh | Prophet or Messenger of God | |
| rasulollāh | payqambar-e khodā | Prophet or Messenger of God | |
| tarh | proposal; design | ||
| pishnahād | proposal; suggestion | ||
| mohāfezat kardan | protect (to) | ||
| mohāfezat shod-e | protected | ||
| e'terāz | protest | ||
| e'terāz kardan | protest (to) | ||
| tahie kardan | provide; to prepare | ||
| ostān | province | ||
| eyālāt | ayālāt | province; states <pl.> <of U.S. etc.> | |
| markaz | provincial; capital; center | ||
| ravān | psyche; spirit | ||
| ravān-pezeshk | psychiatrist | ||
| ravān-pezeshk-i | psychiatry | ||
| ravān-shenās | psychologist | ||
| ravān-shenās-i | psychology | ||
| ham-ām | hamum | public bath <Turkish style>; bath | |
| tuvālet-e umumi | public toilet | ||
| enteshār | publication | ||
| tabligh kardan | publicity: to give publicity | ||
| anteshārāt | publishing | ||
| keshidan | pull (to); to draw <infinitive> | ||
| kesh | pull (to); to draw <stem of keshidan> | ||
| pulover | pullover; sweater | ||
| mambar | pulpit at mosque | ||
| tolombe | pump | ||
| vaqtshenās | punctual | ||
| panchari | puncture | ||
| panchar | puncture; flat | ||
| mojāzāt kardan | punish (to) | ||
| tanbih kardan | punish (to) | ||
| shāgerd | pupil; student <through high school>; apprentice | ||
| tule sag | puppy | ||
| khāles | pure | ||
| banafshe | purple; violet | ||
| kif | purse; briefcase; bag | ||
| hol dādan | push (to) | ||
| gozāshtan | put (to); to let; to allow; to place <infinitive> | ||
| gozārdan | put (to); to place <infinitive> | ||
| gozār | put (to); to place <stem of gozārdan> | ||
| mi-push-am | put on (I); I wear | ||
| pushidan | put on (to); to wear <infinitive> | ||
| push | put on (to); to wear <stem of pushidan> | ||
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