| ye kami | a little | ||
| ziyād | a lot | ||
| pish-az-zohr | a.m. | ||
| yek | ye | a; one | |
| qābel-e | -able <in combinations> | ||
| mi-tavan-am | mi-tun-am | able: I am able to; I can | |
| tavānestan | tunestan | able: to be able; can <infinitive> | |
| tavān | able: to be able; can <stem of tavānestan> | ||
| ruye | ru | aboard; over; on; upon | |
| seqt | abortion; miscarriage | ||
| dar hodud-e | about; approximately | ||
| dar bāre-ye | about; concerning | ||
| rāje be | about; regarding | ||
| bālāye | above | ||
| khārej | abroad | ||
| qāyeb | absent; not here | ||
| hatman | absolutely; definitely | ||
| abu-bakr | Abu Bakr <caliph> | ||
| lahje-ye bad | accent (bad) | ||
| lahje | la'je | accent; dialect | |
| qabul kardan | accept (to) | ||
| pazir | accept (to); to receive <stem of paziroftan> | ||
| paziroftan | accept (to); to receive; to admit <infinitive> | ||
| paziresh | acceptance; check-in <desk> | ||
| qabul shodan | accepted (to be) | ||
| be ___ rāh dāshtan | access: to have access to ___ | ||
| tasādof | accident | ||
| mahall-e sukunat | accommdation | ||
| movāfeq | accord: in accord; in agreement; concurring | ||
| banā bar | according to | ||
| ā'dat dāshtan | accustomed: to be accustomed to | ||
| dard | ache; pain | ||
| āhnāi' | acquaintance | ||
| āshnā mi-shav-am | mi-sh-am | acquainted (I became); get acquainted | |
| āshnā-shav | shod | acquainted (to become) | |
| āshenā bā | āshnā | acquainted with | |
| āshenā beshavid | acquainted: Get acquainted! | ||
| āshnā-beshid | beshavid | acquainted: Get acquainted! | |
| āshnā shodan | acquainted: to get acquainted | ||
| āshenā shodan bā | āshenā shodan | acquainted: to get acquainted; to meet | |
| āshnā | acquainted; an acquaintance | ||
| āshenā | acquainted; familiar | ||
| bedast āvardan | bedast ovordan | acquire (to) | |
| bedast ovordan | bedast āvardan | acquire (to) | |
| tabre'e shodan | acquit: to be acquitted | ||
| tabre'e | acquittal | ||
| a'rz-e | across | ||
| a'mal garā | activist | ||
| bāzigar | actor | ||
| honarpishe | actress; actor | ||
| ādam | Adam; person; human | ||
| ezāfe kardan | add (to); to increase | ||
| ezāfe kardan be | ezafe kardan | add: to add to | |
| ezāfe shodan | added: to be added; to be increased | ||
| mo'tād | addict | ||
| e'tiyād | addiction | ||
| ezāfe | ezāfi | adding; addition; increase; ezafe | |
| ezāfe | addition; adding; increase; ezafe | ||
| ezāfi | ezāfe | additional | |
| ādres | qsām | address | |
| neshāni | neshuni | address | |
| chasbidan | adhere (to); to stick <vi> <infinitive> | ||
| chasb | adhere (to); to stick <vi> <stem of chasbidan> | ||
| modiriyat | administrative division | ||
| tahsin kardan | admire (to) | ||
| paziroftan | admit (to); to accept; to receive <infinitive> | ||
| bozorgsāl | adult | ||
| pishraft kardan | advance (to); make progress | ||
| pishraft | advance; progress | ||
| estefāde | advantage; benefit; use | ||
| emtiyāz | advantage; concession; preference | ||
| āgahi kardan | advertise (to) | ||
| āghi | advertisement; notice | ||
| tabliqāt | advertisement; propaganda | ||
| tosye | advice | ||
| nasihat kardan | advise (to) | ||
| amr | affair; order | ||
| omur | affairs <plural of "amr"> | ||
| a'lāqe | affection; liking; fondness; interest | ||
| mehrebān | mehrebun | affectionate; kind | |
| mehrabun | mehrebān | affectionate; kind; caring | |
| mehrebān | mehrebun | affectionate; kind; caring | |
| mosbat | affirmative; positive | ||
| tarsidan | afraid (to be); to fear <infinitive> | ||
| tars | afraid (to be); to fear <stem of tarsidan> | ||
| tarsidan āz | tarsidan | afraid: to be afraid of; to fear | |
| pas āz | after | ||
| pas az inke | after <adverb> | ||
| ba'd-āz-zohr | ba'd-āz-zor | after <preposition> | |
| ba'd | after; later; then | ||
| pas-az-nim-ruz | pas-az-zohr; ba'd-az-zhor | afternoon | |
| pas-az-zohr | pas-az-nimruz; ba'd-az-zhor | afternoon | |
| emruz ba'd az-zohr | afternoon: this afternoon | ||
| ba'd-az-zohr | pas-az-zohr; pas-az-nimruz | afternoon; p.m.; in the afternoon | |
| pas-az-zohra | afternoons | ||
| ba'd-ā-zohra | ba'dāzora | afternoons; in the afternoon | |
| ba'dan | afterwards; later | ||
| bāz ham | again | ||
| dobār-e | again | ||
| bāz | again; open | ||
| moqābel | against | ||
| senn | age | ||
| pir shodan | age; to become old | ||
| parkhāshgar | aggressive | ||
| pish | ago; last | ||
| qabl | ago; previous to | ||
| movāfeq budan | agree (to) | ||
| qarār gozāshtan | agree: to agree upon; to make arrangements; to set up | ||
| qabul el | Agreed! | ||
| movāfeq | agreement: in agreement; in accord; concurring | ||
| keshāvarzi | agriculture | ||
| jelo | ahead; in front of; forward | ||
| komak | aid; Help! | ||
| eydz | AIDS | ||
| bemanzure | aim: with the aim of; for; to | ||
| kuler | air conditioner; fan | ||
| havā | air; weather | ||
| dārāye tahviye ye matbu' | air-conditioned | ||
| havāpeymā | airplane | ||
| forudgāh | furudgāh | airport | |
| furudgāh | forudgāh | airport | |
| a'vārez-e furudgāh | airport tax | ||
| poz | airs <lit: pose> | ||
| ālābāmāi | Alabama: from Alabama | ||
| sā'at-e zangdār | alarm clock | ||
| ālbom | album | ||
| bidār | alert; awake | ||
| ā'li | Ali <caliph>; excellent; wonderful | ||
| taman | tamum | all | |
| ham-e | all <requires a plural verb>; every; everyone | ||
| tamām-e | tamum-e | all of | |
| ham-e-ash | hamash | all of it | |
| hame-ye ___ | all the ___ <pl. noun> | ||
| har se ___ | all three ___ | ||
| ālerzhi | allergy | ||
| hassāsiyat | allergy (an) | ||
| ettehād | alliance; union | ||
| mi-gozār-am | mi-zar-am | allow (I); I play | |
| gozār | allow (to); to let <stem of gozāshtan> | ||
| gozāshtan | allow (to); to let; to put; to place <infinitive> | ||
| ejāze dādan | allow (to); to permit | ||
| taqriban | almost; approximately; sort; kind of | ||
| zakāt | alms <given to needy> | ||
| tanhā | alone; lonely; only | ||
| harf | horuf | alphabet letter | |
| nun | alphabet: "n" | ||
| sād | alphabet: "s" | ||
| vav | alphabet: "w" | ||
| pish-az-in | already | ||
| niz | also <formal> | ||
| ham | am | also; too; neither; same <in compounds> | |
| agarche | although | ||
| bā inke | although | ||
| ertefā' | altitude | ||
| ham-e-bā-ham | altogether; together; everyone | ||
| āluminiom | aluminum | ||
| hamishe | always | ||
| hast | bud | am <present stem>; there is; there are; is | |
| gheyr-e herfe yi | amateur | ||
| safir | ambassador | ||
| āmrikā | America | ||
| bain | beyn-e; beyn | among; between | |
| beyn-e | bain; beyn | among; between | |
| tanvin | -an <syllable> | ||
| harj-o marj talab | anarchist | ||
| anitāmiki | anatomical | ||
| inatimiy | anatomy | ||
| bāstāni | ancient | ||
| bāstān | ancient times; ancient; antiquity | ||
| bāstān | ancient; ancient times; antiquity | ||
| qadimi | ancient; former; out of date; old | ||
| o | va; vo | and | |
| va | o; vo | and | |
| vo | va; o | and | |
| va qeyre | and so on; et cetera | ||
| ānemi | kam khuni | anemia | |
| kam khuni | ānemi | anemia | |
| fereshte | angel | ||
| a'sabāni | angry; impatient | ||
| nārāhat | angry; unhappy; upset | ||
| heyvān | animal | ||
| galledāri | animal husbandry; herd-tending | ||
| heyvān-e vahshi | animal: wild animal | ||
| moch-e-pā | ankle | ||
| ranjāndan | annoy (to) <infinitive> | ||
| ranjān | annoy (to) <stem of ranjāndan> | ||
| sāliyan-e | annual | ||
| digari | digei | another | |
| javāb mi-d-am | answer (I) | ||
| javāb dādan | answer (to); answering | ||
| javāb bedid | answer! | ||
| javāb mi-d-e | answer: s/he answers; s/he gives an answer; s/he will answer | ||
| javāb mi-d-e | answer: s/he gives an answer; s/he will answer; s/he answers | ||
| javāb mi-d-e | answer: s/he will answer; s/he gives an answer; s/he answers | ||
| javāb ne-mi-d-e | answer: s/he will not answer | ||
| javāb be-d-am | answer: Should I answer? | ||
| jabvāb mi-d-in | answer: you give an answer | ||
| javāb | answer; reply | ||
| javāb dād | answered (past stem) | ||
| javāb dādan | answering; to answer |
| murche | ant | ||
| ānten | antenna <television> | ||
| mardom-shenās | anthropologist | ||
| mardom-shenās-i | anthropology | ||
| āntibiyutiks | antibiotics | ||
| zedd-e haste yi | anti-nuclear | ||
| a'tiqe | antiques | ||
| bāstān | antiquity; ancient times; ancient | ||
| zedd-e u'funi konande | antiseptic | ||
| dastpāce | anxious; flustered; nervous | ||
| negarān | negarun | anxious; worried | |
| har kodām | any; each; each one; every; everyone; whoever; whichever; anyone | ||
| har | any; each; every | ||
| digar | dige | anymore; next time; other; else; more; in addition | |
| har kodām | anyone; whichever; whoever; everyone; any; each; each one; every | ||
| chizi | anything; nothing; something | ||
| jāi | anywhere; nowhere; somewhere | ||
| āpārtemān | apartment | ||
| ma'zarat khāstan | ma'zerat khāstan | apologize (to); excuse oneself | |
| peydā | apparent | ||
| zāher | apparent; manifest | ||
| mesle inke | appears: it appears that; it seems that; I guess | ||
| āpāndis | appendix <body part> | ||
| zamime | appendix <written> | ||
| eshetehā āvar | appetisers | ||
| bekār bordan | apply (to); to use | ||
| gomāshtan | appoint (to); to assign <infinitive> | ||
| gomār | appoint (to); to assign <stem of gomāshtan> | ||
| qarār | appointment | ||
| motashakker | appreciative; thankful | ||
| shagerd | apprentice; student <through high school>; pupil | ||
| bejā | appropriate | ||
| dar hodud-e | approximately; about | ||
| taqriban | approximately; sort; kind of; almost | ||
| āvril | April | ||
| a'rab | arab | Arab | |
| a'rabi | arabi | Arabic | |
| pās-āzh | arcade | ||
| bāstān-shenās-i | archaeology | ||
| bāstān-shenās | archeologist | ||
| me'mār | architect | ||
| me'māri | architecture | ||
| hast-id | hast-in | are (you) | |
| vos'at | area; extent | ||
| sarzamin | area; region; country | ||
| estedlāl kardan | argue (to) | ||
| da'vā kardan | argue (to); fight | ||
| bāzo | arm | ||
| baqal | arm; bosom | ||
| bāzu | arm; forearm | ||
| artesh | army | ||
| dowr | dor | around | |
| atrāf | around; sides; suburbs | ||
| chidan | arrange (to); to cut; to pick; to arrange <infinitive> | ||
| bāzdāsht kardan | arrest (to); to intern | ||
| bāzdāsht | arrest; internment | ||
| vurud | arrivals | ||
| mi-res-am | arrive (I) | ||
| ras | arrive (to) ; to reach <stem of rasidan> | ||
| rasidan | residan | arrive (to); to reach <infinitive> | |
| honar | art | ||
| tārikh-e honar | tārikh-honar | art history | |
| honar-e kelāsik | art: classical art | ||
| honar mand | artist | ||
| kār-e honari | artwork | ||
| hamchonin | hamchenin; hamchin | as; like; such a | |
| hamchon | as; such a; as | ||
| zir sigāri | ashtray | ||
| gozashte az | aside from | ||
| mi-pors-am | ask (I); I question | ||
| soāl mi-kon-am | mi-pors-am | ask (I); I question | |
| mi-pors-e | ask (s/he) | ||
| khāstan | ask (to) <for something>; to want; to wish <infinitive> | ||
| porsidan | ask (to); to question | ||
| pors | ask <present stem> | ||
| be-pors-id | ask! | ||
| soal kon-am | ask: Should I ask? | ||
| ne-mi-pors-e | ask: you do not ask | ||
| ne-mi-pors-am | ask: I do not ask | ||